“…According to the two visual systems hypothesis, the relationship between fixation durations and saccade amplitudes over time is systematic and indicative of two qualitatively distinct modes of scanning: global and local scanning (Frost & Poppel, 1976;Pannasch et al, 2008;Pannasch & Velichkovsky, 2009;Unema et al, 2005;Velichkovsky, Joos, Helmer, & Pannasch, 2005;Velichkovsky, Rothert, Kopf, Dornhoefer, & Joos, 2002;Velichkovsky et al, 2003). Accordingly, global processing can be seen as an orienting phase, during which shorter fixations and larger amplitudes dominate, presumably to capture the gist of a scene and establish regions of interest.…”