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Eye-Tracking as a Lens into Expertise Development in Visual Search.

Megan H Papesh¹, Michael C Hout², Giovanna C Del Sordo²

¹University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States.

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

|September 5, 2025

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Expertise in visual search improves anomaly detection. Simple perceptual training enhances both cognitive and eye movement aspects of visual search, speeding up scanning and recognition.

Keywords:

ACM proceedings Clutter Expertise Image Perception Visual Search

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Human Factors
Visual Perception

Background:

Visual search professionals face complex image analysis challenges to detect anomalies.
Expertise is crucial for identifying critical information in images, often requiring years of experience.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate expertise development in visual search tasks.
To analyze changes in visual scanning behaviors during expertise acquisition.
To examine the impact of different training methods on visual search performance.

Main Methods:

Developed a laboratory analogue for visual search anomaly detection.
Tracked participants' eye movements during and after training.
Compared performance across different perceptual training conditions.

Main Results:

Anomaly detection performance improved with experience.
Perceptual training accelerated expertise development.
Expertise led to faster scanning and recognition times.

Conclusions:

Simple perceptual training can enhance both cognitive and oculomotor components of visual search.
Training methods significantly influence the development of visual search expertise.
Improvements in visual search are linked to changes in scanning and recognition efficiency.