Control of eye movements by informational value (B02)

• Subject Area: General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
• Term: since 2014
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 222641018

We actively sample visual information from our environment by moving our eyes to different locations. We will investigate how information gain and costs are taken into account for the calculation of informational value and the decision about if and where to move the eyes. Information gain will be quantified as the relative quality of information from foveal vision after the eye movement compared to information that is already available before the eye movement, either from peripheral vision or from visual working memory.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 135: Cardinal mechanisms of perception: Prediction, Valuation, Categorization
• Applicant Institution: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Alexander Christian Schütz