TY - JOUR PY - 2007// TI - Oculomotor control in a sequential search task JO - Vision research A1 - Trukenbrod, Hans A. A1 - Engbert, Ralf SP - 2426 EP - 2443 VL - 47 IS - 18 N2 - Using a serial search paradigm, we observed several effects of within-object fixation position on spatial and temporal control of eye movements: the preferred viewing location, launch site effect, the optimal viewing position, and the inverted optimal viewing position of fixation duration. While these effects were first identified by eye-movement studies in reading, our approach permits an analysis of the functional relationships between the effects in a different paradigm. Our results demonstrate that the fixation position is an important predictor of the subsequent saccade by influencing both fixation duration and the selection of the next saccade target.

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LA - en SN - 0042-6989 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2007.05.010 ID - ref1 ER -