Analytic Eye Movement Patterns in Face Recognition are Associated with Better Performance and more Top-down Control of Visual Attention : an fMRI Study

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 2016
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2016

Abstract

Recent research has revealed two different eye movement patterns during face recognition: holistic and analytic. The present study investigated the neural correlates of these two patterns through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). A more holistic pattern was associated with more activation in
the face-selective perceptual areas, including the occipital face area and fusiform face area. In contrast, participants using a more analytic pattern demonstrated more activation in areas important for top-down control of visual attention, including the frontal eye field and intraparietal sulcus. In addition, participants using the analytic patterns had better recognition performance than those showing holistic patterns. These results suggest that analytic eye movement patterns are associated with more engagement of top-down control of visual
attention, which may consequently enhance recognition performance.

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  • eye movement, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), face recognition, analytic patterns, Hidden Markov Model (HMM), top-down visual attention

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Analytic Eye Movement Patterns in Face Recognition are Associated with Better Performance and more Top-down Control of Visual Attention: an fMRI Study. / CHAN, Cynthia YH; Wong, JJ; Chan, Antoni B. et al.
The Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 2016. 2016.

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review