Eye movements in scene perception while listening to slow and fast music

To date, there is insufficient knowledge of how visual exploration of outdoor scenes may be influenced by the simultaneous processing of music. Eye movements during viewing various outdoor scenes while listening to music at either a slow or fast tempo or in silence were measured. Significantly short...

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Main Authors: Marek Franěk, Denis Šefara, Jan Petružálek, Roman Mlejnek, Leon Van Noorden
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Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of Eye Movement Research
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Online Access:https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/4021
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Jan Petružálek
Roman Mlejnek
Leon Van Noorden
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description To date, there is insufficient knowledge of how visual exploration of outdoor scenes may be influenced by the simultaneous processing of music. Eye movements during viewing various outdoor scenes while listening to music at either a slow or fast tempo or in silence were measured. Significantly shorter fixations were found for viewing urban scenes compared with natural scenes, but there was no interaction between the type of scene and the acoustic conditions. The results revealed shorter fixation durations in the silent control condition in the range 30 ms, compared to both music conditions but, in contrast to previous studies, these differences were non-significant. Moreover, we did not find differences in eye movements between music conditions with a slow or fast tempo. It is supposed that the type of musical stimuli, the specific tempo, the specific experimental procedure, and the engagement of participants in listening to background music while processing visual information may be important factors that influence attentional processes, which are manifested in eye-movement behavior.
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spelling doaj-art-ebd08416aff8448fab65537bbcce1e602025-08-20T03:11:49ZengMDPI AGJournal of Eye Movement Research1995-86922018-08-0111210.16910/10.16910/jemr.11.2.8Eye movements in scene perception while listening to slow and fast musicMarek Franěk0Denis Šefara1Jan Petružálek2Roman Mlejnek3Leon Van Noorden4University of Hradec KrálovéUniversity of Hradec KrálovéUniversity of Hradec KrálovéThe Prague ConservatoireGhent UniversityTo date, there is insufficient knowledge of how visual exploration of outdoor scenes may be influenced by the simultaneous processing of music. Eye movements during viewing various outdoor scenes while listening to music at either a slow or fast tempo or in silence were measured. Significantly shorter fixations were found for viewing urban scenes compared with natural scenes, but there was no interaction between the type of scene and the acoustic conditions. The results revealed shorter fixation durations in the silent control condition in the range 30 ms, compared to both music conditions but, in contrast to previous studies, these differences were non-significant. Moreover, we did not find differences in eye movements between music conditions with a slow or fast tempo. It is supposed that the type of musical stimuli, the specific tempo, the specific experimental procedure, and the engagement of participants in listening to background music while processing visual information may be important factors that influence attentional processes, which are manifested in eye-movement behavior.https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/4021Eye movementeye trackingattentionmusic listeningscene perceptionbackground music
spellingShingle Marek Franěk
Denis Šefara
Jan Petružálek
Roman Mlejnek
Leon Van Noorden
Eye movements in scene perception while listening to slow and fast music
Journal of Eye Movement Research
Eye movement
eye tracking
attention
music listening
scene perception
background music
title Eye movements in scene perception while listening to slow and fast music
title_full Eye movements in scene perception while listening to slow and fast music
title_fullStr Eye movements in scene perception while listening to slow and fast music
title_full_unstemmed Eye movements in scene perception while listening to slow and fast music
title_short Eye movements in scene perception while listening to slow and fast music
title_sort eye movements in scene perception while listening to slow and fast music
topic Eye movement
eye tracking
attention
music listening
scene perception
background music
url https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/4021
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