Visual memory and motor planning in a natural task

• Published in: Journal of vision (Charlottesville, Va.) Vol. 3; no. 1; p. 6
• Main Authors: Hayhoe, Mary M., Shrivastava, Anurag, Mruczek, Ryan, Pelz, Jeff B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2003
• Subjects: Fixation, Ocular - physiology; Hand - innervation; Hand - physiology; Humans; Memory - physiology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Saccades - physiology

This paper investigates the temporal dependencies of natural vision by measuring eye and hand movements while subjects made a sandwich. The phenomenon of change blindness suggests these temporal dependencies might be limited. Our observations are largely consistent with this, suggesting that much na...