Using Eye Movements and Spoken Discourse as Windows to Inner Space
Författare
Redaktör
- C. Paradis
- J. Hudson
- U. Magnusson
Summary, in English
The purpose of this paper is to show how eye-tracking methodology can be used to study ‘inner space’; both from a theoretical point of view – the existence (or not) of internal image representations – as well as from an applied point of view – the usage of mental imagery in thinking and reasoning.
First, we introduce the reader to the mental imagery debate. Second, we summarize studies on mental imagery in different areas of research. Third, we focus on our studies, described in Johansson, Holsanova and Holmqvist (2005, 2006), where we developed a method to study ‘inner space’, and showed that eye movements do to a high degree reflect spatiality during visualizations of both pictures and spoken scene descriptions. Fourth, we discuss theoretical implications, advantages and limitations of this methodology and relate them to current theories of mental imagery, perception and mental simulation. Fifth, we mention relevant application areas and show how our method can be used in thinking and reasoning.
First, we introduce the reader to the mental imagery debate. Second, we summarize studies on mental imagery in different areas of research. Third, we focus on our studies, described in Johansson, Holsanova and Holmqvist (2005, 2006), where we developed a method to study ‘inner space’, and showed that eye movements do to a high degree reflect spatiality during visualizations of both pictures and spoken scene descriptions. Fourth, we discuss theoretical implications, advantages and limitations of this methodology and relate them to current theories of mental imagery, perception and mental simulation. Fifth, we mention relevant application areas and show how our method can be used in thinking and reasoning.
Publiceringsår
2013
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
9-28
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
The Construal of Spatial Meaning : Windows into Conceptual Space
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Oxford University Press
Ämne
- Human Aspects of ICT
Nyckelord
- eye-tracking
- mental imagery
- verbal reports
- spatial cognition
- visual attention
- mental models
- spatial language
Status
Published
Projekt
- Thinking in Time: Cognition, Communication and Learning
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 9780199641635
- ISBN: 9780191760020