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The rhythm of the eyes: Overt and covert attentional pointing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1997

John M. Findlay ,
Valerie Brown  and
Iain D. Gilchrist
John M. Findlay
Affiliation:
Centre for Vision and Visual Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, Englandj.m.findlay@durham.ac.uk www.dur.ac.uk/~dps0www2/cvvchomepage.html
Valerie Brown
Affiliation:
Centre for Vision and Visual Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, Englandj.m.findlay@durham.ac.uk www.dur.ac.uk/~dps0www2/cvvchomepage.html
Iain D. Gilchrist
Affiliation:
Centre for Vision and Visual Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, Englandj.m.findlay@durham.ac.uk www.dur.ac.uk/~dps0www2/cvvchomepage.html
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Abstract

This commentary centres around the system of human visual attention. Although generally supportive of the position advocated in the target article, we suggest that the detailed account overestimates the capacities of active human vision. Limitations of peripheral search and saccadic accuracy are discussed in relation to the division of labour between covert and overt attentional processes.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 747
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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