The influence of emotional picture thematic content on exploratory eye movements
In picture viewing, emotional vs. neutral stimuli could play a different role in eye movement parameters and in the spatial progression of the scanpath. The aim of this paper is to investigate exploratory behaviour of normal subjects during the vision of emotional vs. non-emotional stimuli, by consi...
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| author | Elena Carniglia Marcella Caputi Valentina Manfredi Daniela Zambarbieri Eliano Pessa |
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| description | In picture viewing, emotional vs. neutral stimuli could play a different role in eye movement parameters and in the spatial progression of the scanpath. The aim of this paper is to investigate exploratory behaviour of normal subjects during the vision of emotional vs. non-emotional stimuli, by considering to what extent the thematic content (animate vs. inanimate) is likely to influence the observer’s eye movements. Sixty-five subjects’ eye movement patterns were measured while looking to emotional (pleasant and unpleasant) and neutral pictures depicting animate or inanimate contents. Results showed that the number of fixations and the gaze duration were greater for emotional pictures than for neutral ones, and animate pictures were fixated longer than inanimate ones. Both emotional and animate pictures may affect eye movements and constitute privileged stimuli of adaptive behavioural tendencies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dcf2071bd3ce4f10927a488f3710f0812025-08-20T02:21:37ZengMDPI AGJournal of Eye Movement Research1995-86922012-08-015410.16910/jemr.5.4.4The influence of emotional picture thematic content on exploratory eye movementsElena Carniglia0Marcella Caputi1Valentina Manfredi2Daniela Zambarbieri3Eliano Pessa4University of PaviaUniversity of PaviaUniversity of PaviaUniversity of PaviaUniversity of PaviaIn picture viewing, emotional vs. neutral stimuli could play a different role in eye movement parameters and in the spatial progression of the scanpath. The aim of this paper is to investigate exploratory behaviour of normal subjects during the vision of emotional vs. non-emotional stimuli, by considering to what extent the thematic content (animate vs. inanimate) is likely to influence the observer’s eye movements. Sixty-five subjects’ eye movement patterns were measured while looking to emotional (pleasant and unpleasant) and neutral pictures depicting animate or inanimate contents. Results showed that the number of fixations and the gaze duration were greater for emotional pictures than for neutral ones, and animate pictures were fixated longer than inanimate ones. Both emotional and animate pictures may affect eye movements and constitute privileged stimuli of adaptive behavioural tendencies.https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/2342emotional picturesthematic contentanimate-inanimateeye movementsfixations |
| spellingShingle | Elena Carniglia Marcella Caputi Valentina Manfredi Daniela Zambarbieri Eliano Pessa The influence of emotional picture thematic content on exploratory eye movements Journal of Eye Movement Research emotional pictures thematic content animate-inanimate eye movements fixations |
| title | The influence of emotional picture thematic content on exploratory eye movements |
| title_full | The influence of emotional picture thematic content on exploratory eye movements |
| title_fullStr | The influence of emotional picture thematic content on exploratory eye movements |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of emotional picture thematic content on exploratory eye movements |
| title_short | The influence of emotional picture thematic content on exploratory eye movements |
| title_sort | influence of emotional picture thematic content on exploratory eye movements |
| topic | emotional pictures thematic content animate-inanimate eye movements fixations |
| url | https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/2342 |
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