An extensive dataset of eye movements during viewing of complex images

  • We present a dataset of free-viewing eye-movement recordings that contains more than 2.7 million fixation locations from 949 observers on more than 1000 images from different categories. This dataset aggregates and harmonizes data from 23 different studies conducted at the Institute of Cognitive Science at Osnabrück University and the University Medical Center in Hamburg-Eppendorf. Trained personnel recorded all studies under standard conditions with homogeneous equipment and parameter settings. All studies allowed for free eye-movements, and differed in the age range of participants (~7–80 years), stimulus sizes, stimulus modifications (phase scrambled, spatial filtering, mirrored), and stimuli categories (natural and urban scenes, web sites, fractal, pink-noise, and ambiguous artistic figures). The size and variability of viewing behavior within this dataset presents a strong opportunity for evaluating and comparing computational models of overt attention, and furthermore, for thoroughly quantifying strategies of viewing behavior. This also makes the dataset a good starting point for investigating whether viewing strategies change in patient groups.

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Author:Niklas Wilming, Selim Onat, José P. Ossandón D., Alper Açık, Tim Christian Kietzmann, Kai Kaspar, Ricardo R. Gameiro, Alexandra Vormberg, Peter König
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-453367
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.126
ISSN:2052-4463
ISSN:2052-4436
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28140391
Parent Title (English):Scientific data
Publisher:Nature Publ. Group
Place of publication:London
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2017
Date of first Publication:2017/01/31
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2018/01/16
Tag:Attention; Computational neuroscience
Volume:4
Issue:Art. 160126
Page Number:11
First Page:1
Last Page:11
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HeBIS-PPN:430464002
Institutes:Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS)
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
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