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vision
Your eyes do not see, they perform a search.
Yarbus's 1967 study showed that saccadic gaze patterns are task-dependent, providing foundational empirical data that supports the theory that vision is an active process of fixations rather than a passive, continuous feed.
Yarbus (1967) did not explicitly argue for a 'stitched-together mental model' or explicitly debunk the 'constant feed' model; he demonstrated that observers' eye movements follow specific trajectories based on their information-seeking goals.
You are blind to everything you aren't currently tracking.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Yarbus, 1967, Eye movements and vision
- What the check found
- Yarbus (1967) proved gaze is task-dependent, but the 'mental model' theory is an modern interpretation of his data, not a conclusion stated by him.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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