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Sep 2026
Differential effects of free viewing and goal-directed search on visual attention: An eye-tracking study
In natural scenes, human gaze behavior is driven jointly by external stimuli from scene characteristics and individual internal goals. To investigate the influence of these two factors on gaze behavior, this paper systematically analyzes eye movement behavior under two task paradigms: free viewing and goal-directed sea...
Chen-Xiao Yue, Jian-Nan Chi, Jia-Hui Liu et al.
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