Eye movements in viewing urban images and natural images in diverse vegetation periods
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866719304066" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866719304066</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126477" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126477</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Eye movements in viewing urban images and natural images in diverse vegetation periods
Original language description
The positive effect of viewing nature on cognitive function is explained in terms of perceptual fluency in the processing of nature scenes based on their fractal structure. The present study analyzed eye movements in viewing natural and urban scenes. Previous investigations found lower eye movement activity in viewing natural scenes compared to urban scenes. The first objective was to replicate previous findings from eye-tracking studies with a different set of images. The second objective was to analyze differences while viewing deciduous forest pictures in two vegetation periods. It was presumed that vegetation without foliage has a lower level of fractal complexity, which may result in differences in eye movements. Fifty-five undergraduates participated in the study. They viewed photographs of forests with foliage, forests without foliage, and urban scenes. Eye movements were recorded using a Tobii X2-60 eye tracker. The results revealed a significantly lower mean number of fixations in viewing natural scenes compared to urban scenes and a significantly lower mean number of fixations in viewing natural scenes with foliage compared to natural scenes without foliage. Moreover, natural scenes with foliage had significantly higher fractal dimensions than natural scenes without foliage and urban scenes. A lower number of fixations means a lower effort in processing visual information. Thus, the data showed a lower effort while observing natural scenes vs. urban scenes, as well as an association between eye movements and the fractal complexity of presented images. A higher fractal complexity was linked with lower eye movement activity. However, it is still unclear how the different visual complexity of vegetation with and without foliage can contribute to perceptual fluency in visual processing.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
ISSN
1618-8667
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
46
Issue of the periodical within the volume
prosinec
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
"Article Number: UNSP 126477"
UT code for WoS article
000497127600029
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85073250895