ON THE POSSIBILITY OF INTERMITTENCE DURING FIXATIONS - A CONCEPTUAL ASSESSMENT


TALASLI U.

PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS, cilt.77, sa.1, ss.323-329, 1993 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 77 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 1993
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2466/pms.1993.77.1.323
  • Dergi Adı: PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.323-329
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

A prevalent tacit assumption of the continuity of visual representation during fixations is challenged and shown to be logically tenuous. Relying upon three lines of suggestive evidence, it is then argued that representation must be in the form of static snapshots which alternate with very short dark periods wherein the image is omitted from vision. In view of the difficulties of a direct experimental verification of such a high-frequency intermittence, a conceptual approach to the question is defended.