About this Research Topic
Our eyes have been shown to be attracted to salient objects in a scene based on their color, texture, or movement. This motivates the design of attractive advertisements, beautiful artwork, and even traffic signs. Eye movement trajectories are also unique for experts when examining their domain of knowledge: radiologists examining a chest x-ray, an air-traffic controller viewing a radar screen, or a professional sports player surveying the surrounding scene. Eye movements also can sometimes offer the first indication of ophthalmic or neurologic disease. This Research Topic seeks to understand and probe what is hidden in eye movements, specifically the nuances of their role in vision, attention, decision-making, and disease.
This Research Topic aims to explore the role of eye movements in our perception of the world. For decision-making and attention in everyday tasks, what role do eye movements play in enabling our visual acuity? In contrast, what role do eye movements play in the attention of domain experts, such as clinicians/scientists (e.g., radiologists/ophthalmologists) who perform visual analysis/inspection of image data on a daily basis in their expert roles? Finally, what is the role of eye movements in diagnosis of neurologic diseases such as Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, or in ophthalmic diseases, such as amblyopia and strabismus? By probing the hidden information in our eye movements (including but not limited to characterization of fixations, saccades, microsaccades, ocular tremor, and pupillometry), we may be able to diagnose and find better cures to diseases, develop intelligent systems wither deeper ‘understanding’ of an expert’s decision-making processes, and enhance the quality of assistive technologies for everyday tasks.
This Research Topic seeks papers that explore the role of eye movements in our perception of the world. Themes included in this topic include role of eye movements in detection of disease, in everyday decision-making and attention, and specifically in the decision-making of domain experts who carry out tasks involving visual analysis. We are interested in manuscripts describing the study of eye movements for refining the development of assistive everyday technologies, for discovering signatures of neurologic or ophthalmic disease, or for probing everyday decision-making processes (e.g., in advertising, art, sales) or those specifically of experts (e.g., clinicians, quality inspectors, sports professionals).
*Guest Editor, Dr. Kaveri A. Thakoor, received financial support from TopCon Healthcare. All other Guest Editors declare no other competing interests with regard to the Research Topic subject.*
This Research Topic aims to explore the role of eye movements in our perception of the world. For decision-making and attention in everyday tasks, what role do eye movements play in enabling our visual acuity? In contrast, what role do eye movements play in the attention of domain experts, such as clinicians/scientists (e.g., radiologists/ophthalmologists) who perform visual analysis/inspection of image data on a daily basis in their expert roles? Finally, what is the role of eye movements in diagnosis of neurologic diseases such as Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, or in ophthalmic diseases, such as amblyopia and strabismus? By probing the hidden information in our eye movements (including but not limited to characterization of fixations, saccades, microsaccades, ocular tremor, and pupillometry), we may be able to diagnose and find better cures to diseases, develop intelligent systems wither deeper ‘understanding’ of an expert’s decision-making processes, and enhance the quality of assistive technologies for everyday tasks.
This Research Topic seeks papers that explore the role of eye movements in our perception of the world. Themes included in this topic include role of eye movements in detection of disease, in everyday decision-making and attention, and specifically in the decision-making of domain experts who carry out tasks involving visual analysis. We are interested in manuscripts describing the study of eye movements for refining the development of assistive everyday technologies, for discovering signatures of neurologic or ophthalmic disease, or for probing everyday decision-making processes (e.g., in advertising, art, sales) or those specifically of experts (e.g., clinicians, quality inspectors, sports professionals).
*Guest Editor, Dr. Kaveri A. Thakoor, received financial support from TopCon Healthcare. All other Guest Editors declare no other competing interests with regard to the Research Topic subject.*
Keywords: eye movements, attention, decision-making, perception, clinical translation, computer-aided diagnosis, intelligent systems
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