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The Interplay Of Visual Attention And Saccade Planning In Active Vision, Afsheen Khan
The Interplay Of Visual Attention And Saccade Planning In Active Vision, Afsheen Khan
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Vision is a highly active process. When we view the world, we do not hold our eyes still, but constantly move them around in order to view the object or area of interest with the fovea (the region of the retina with the highest acuity). Saccades are the step-like movements that we most often employ for this purpose. In addition, our attention is constantly being covertly attracted or directed to points of interest. Combining these different aspects of viewing: visual processing, the orienting of attention, and eye movements can be referred to as `active vision'.
Most work on active vision …