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Eye Movement Analysis During Visual Exploration of Graphical Interfaces

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Visual Attention Mechanisms

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Vision is our main way to interact with the environment. Clear vision of an object is guaranteed only when its image falls steadily within that specific central part of the retina which is called fovea. In order to explore a visual scene, the eyes have to move in such a way as to bring the image of an object of interest onto the fovea and to maintain it stable

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Zambarbieri, D., Robino, C., Ramat, S. (2002). Eye Movement Analysis During Visual Exploration of Graphical Interfaces. In: Cantoni, V., Marinaro, M., Petrosino, A. (eds) Visual Attention Mechanisms. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0111-4_13

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