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Matthew D Weaver1, Johan Lauwereyns, Jan Theeuwes

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High-level semantic information, like taboo words, influences eye movements. Taboo cues caused larger saccade trajectory deviations, requiring more inhibition to suppress them as competing targets.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Visual Perception
  • Oculomotor Control

Background:

  • Previous research examined how low-level visual features of distractors affect saccade trajectories.
  • The impact of high-level semantic information on saccade curvature remained less explored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of semantic saliency on saccade trajectory deviations.
  • To determine if taboo words, as semantically salient distractors, affect oculomotor behavior.

Main Methods:

  • A spatial cuing paradigm was employed to measure saccade trajectory deviations.
  • Irrelevant peripheral taboo and neutral cue words were presented as distractors.

Main Results:

  • Saccade trajectories showed significantly larger deviations away from taboo cue words compared to neutral cue words.
  • This effect was observed when participants made saccades to a different location.

Conclusions:

  • High semantic saliency, exemplified by taboo words, can influence oculomotor control.
  • Increased inhibition is required to suppress semantically salient, irrelevant cues during visual search and saccade planning.