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David Hoppe¹, Constantin A Rothkopf²

¹Cognitive Science Centre, Technical University Darmstadt, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany; Institute of Psychology, Technical University Darmstadt, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany;

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Humans efficiently learn to time eye movements for event detection by balancing detection rates with movement costs. This learning process aligns with optimal Bayesian principles and biological timing laws.

Keywords:

computational modeling decision making eye movements learning visual attention

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Computational Vision
Human Behavior

Background:

Human gaze shifts rapidly during active behavior, crucial for dynamic environments.
While gaze in static images is understood, the timing of gaze shifts in dynamic situations remains largely unknown.
Existing research suggests gaze timing is learned and coordinated with predictive, task-relevant events.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how humans learn to adjust eye movement timing in response to environmental regularities.
To understand the strategies humans employ for detecting probabilistically occurring events in a visual scene.
To model the trade-offs between event detection and the costs associated with gaze behavior.

Main Methods:

Developed a computational model incorporating perceptual/acting uncertainties, minimal processing time, and gaze costs.
Analyzed human strategies for detecting probabilistic events through gaze control.
Applied an optimal Bayesian learner framework to explain the time course of learning gaze strategies.

Main Results:

Humans efficiently learn to adjust eye movement timing based on environmental temporal regularities.
Subjects balanced event detection rates against the behavioral costs of executing eye movements.
The learning curve of gaze strategies was fully explained by an optimal Bayesian learner model, consistent with biological timing laws.

Conclusions:

The human visual system demonstrates high efficiency in learning environmental temporal regularities.
Learned temporal regularities are effectively utilized to control eye movement timing for behaviorally relevant event detection.
Gaze control during event detection involves a rational trade-off between performance and action costs, guided by optimal learning principles.