The first experiment he second experiment ns in images. Results r image in the paired from the three tasks emantic features, and peaks. In adjusting a gray square in an image to appear achromatic, observers spent 95% of their time looking only at the patch. When subjects looked around (less than , not achromatic regions, indicating that people do not seek out near-neutral regions to verify that their patch appears achromatic relative to the scene. Observers also do not scan the image in order e chromaticity of the image. In selecting the most achromatic region in an image, viewers spent 60% of the time scanning the scene. Unlike the achromatic adjustment task, foveations or similar to a visual search task.dez, 2002), and the and, 1995) have not rtain assumptions are is whether the hysical experiments correlate to visual perceptions in the real world of imaging devices and displays. Further, selecting the best psychophysical technique is often based on the confusion of the sample , and observer effort. Practical situations further dictate which method is most fitting. For example, softcopy displays make best use of the paired comparison paradigm over rank order due to the impracticality of displaying many images on the screen while maintaining high-resolution. Assuming all other factors are equal, how well does a scale obtained from one technique compare to that of another? Further, how do we know whether different experimental techniques themselves have any influence on the strategies adopted by observers? Experiment I examines whether viewing strategies are substantially different across: 1) paired comparison, 2) rank order, and 3) graphical rating tasks. Eye movement data collected in this experiment compares the locus of fixation across the three tasks to indicate which regions (in the five images viewed) received the most "foveal" attention, and whether peak areas of attention were the same across the three tasks.
ABSTRACTEye movement behavior was investigated for image-quality and chromatic adaptation tasks. examined the differences between paired comparison, rank order, and graphical rating tasks, and t examined the strategies adopted when subjects were asked to select or adjust achromatic regio indicate that subjects spent about 4 seconds looking at images in the rank order task, 1.8 seconds pe comparison task, and 3.5 seconds per image in the graphical rating task. Fixation density maps correlated highly in four of the five images. Eye movements gravitated toward faces and s introspective report was not always consistent with fixation density 5% of the time), they did so early. Foveations were directed to semantic features to adapt to the averag were directed to near-neutral regions, showing behavi