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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human Navigation

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  • Navigating complex environments requires sequential decision-making at choice points.
  • Previous theories proposed gradual gaze shifts precede directional choices during navigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether directional navigation decisions are preceded by gradual gaze shifts.
  • To analyze the spatiotemporal characteristics of gaze during route following.

Main Methods:

  • Participants repeatedly navigated a route through a sequence of rooms.
  • Each room contained a cue associated with the correct door choice.
  • Gaze behavior was monitored during the decision-making process.

Main Results:

  • In 88.9% of trials, gaze shifted from the cue to the chosen door via a single saccade, without interim fixations.
  • Infrequent interim fixations showed spatiotemporal characteristics inconsistent with a gradual shift.
  • No evidence supported the hypothesis of a gradual gaze shift preceding navigation decisions.

Conclusions:

  • The study refutes the hypothesis of gradual gaze shifts during navigation decision-making.
  • Gaze movements are predominantly direct, single saccades towards the chosen path.
  • Occasional interim fixations may serve to manage large saccade amplitudes.