Human Eye-Tracking Research

S. Richards, Eyes: a Window to the Diagnosis, The Scientist, Oct 2012.

J. Wood, Eye Movements Can Help Diagnose ADHD, Parkinson's, PsychCentral.com, Oct 2012.

A. F. Pele, Eye movements help diagnose neurological disorders, EE Times, Sep 2012.

K. Dunham, TV test: Eye motion reveals attention trouble, Futurity.org, Sep 2012.

T. Ghose, Eye Tracking Could Diagnose Brain Disorders, LiveScience, Sep 2012.

J. Sager, New Test Could Catch Autism Earlier Than Ever, The Stir, Sep 2012.

P. Tseng, I. G. M. Cameron, G. Pari, J. N. Reynolds, D. P. Munoz, L. Itti, High-throughput classification of clinical populations from natural viewing eye movements, Journal of Neurology, Aug 2012. (in press) [2011 Impact Factor: 3.473]

M. Prigg, What are you looking at? Scientists find men and women really do look at things differently (and surprisingly, men look at the mouth while women focus on the body), Mail Online, Aug 2012.

M. Brice, Men and Women Literally See Things Differently Say Researchers, Medical Daily, Jul 2012.

A. Anonymous, Men and women see things differently, India Vision, Jul 2012.

J. Shen, L. Itti, Top-down influences on visual attention during listening are modulated by observer sex, Vision Research, Vol. 65, pp. 62-76, Jul 2012. [2011 impact factor: 2.414]

V. Markandeya, Sensing motion, colors seems possible without a visual cortex, Inside Science, Aug 2012.

A. Anonymous, 'Blindsight' Used in Everyday Life Scenes: Subjects With Visual Impairment Turn Eyes to Motion, Brightness, and Color, Science Daily, Jun 2012.

N. Noori, L. Itti, Symbolic Simulation: a grounded mechanistic account for processing symbolic information, In: Proc. 44th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych 2011), Jul 2011.

N. Noori, L. Itti, Symbolic Simulation: a neural account for algorithmic and controlled information processing in human brain, In: Proc. 44th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych 2011), Jul 2011.

N. Noori, L. Itti, Modeling forward and backward serial recall using a spatial registry assumption, In: Proc. Conference on Cognitive Science (CogSci 2011), Jul 2011.

N. Noori, L. Itti, Spatial Registry Model: Towards a Grounded Account for Executive Attention, In: Proc. Conference on Cognitive Science (CogSci 2011), pp. 1-6, Jul 2011.

N. Noori, L. Itti, Eye-Movement Signatures of Abstract Mental Tasks, In: Proc. European Conference on Cognitive Science (EuroCogSci 2011), (B. Kokinov, A. Karmiloff-Smith, N. J. Nersessian Ed.), pp. 110:1-110:6, May 2011.

A. Borji, D. N. Sihite, L. Itti, Quantifying the relative influence of photographer bias and viewing strategy on scene viewing, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS11), May 2011.

P. Tseng, I. G. M. Cameron, D. P. Munoz, L. Itti, Effects of development on low-level feature processing during natural viewing of dynamic scenes, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS11), May 2011.

J. Shen, L. Itti, Top-down Visual Attention and Gender in a Focused Listening Task, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS11), May 2011.

N. Noori, L. Itti, Visuospatial attention shifts during non-visual mental tasks, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS11), May 2011.

F. Baluch, L. Itti, Mechanisms of Top-Down Attention, Trends in Neurosciences, Vol. 34, pp. 210-224, March 2011. [2010 impact factor: 13.320] (Cited by 37)

Z. Li, S. Qin, L. Itti, Visual attention guided bit allocation in video compression, Image and Vision Computing, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 1-14, Jan 2011. [2009 Impact Factor: 1.474] (Cited by 20)

P. Tseng, I. G. M. Cameron, D. P. Munoz, L. Itti, Differentiating patients (ADHD, FASD, Parkinson's Disease) from controls by gazing patterns, In: Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (SfN10), Nov 2010.

L. Elazary, L. Itti, A Bayesian model for efficient visual search and recognition, Vision Research, Vol. 50, No. 14, pp. 1338-1352, Jun 2010. [2008 impact factor: 2.051] (Cited by 23)

P. F. Baldi, L. Itti, Of bits and wows: A Bayesian theory of surprise with applications to attention, Neural Networks, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 649-666, Jun 2010. [2008 impact factor: 2.656] (Cited by 27)

M. Yoshida, L. Itti, D. J. Berg, T. Ikeda, R. Kato, K. Tkaura, T. Isa, Guidance of gaze based on color saliency in monkeys with blindsight, In: Proc. 14th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC14), Toronto, Canada, Jun 2010.

P. Tseng, I. G. M. Cameron, D. P. Munoz, L. Itti, Differentiating Patients from Controls by Gazing Patterns, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS10), May 2010.

F. Baluch, L. Itti, The effects of 2nd-order feature interactions in predicting human gaze, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS10), May 2010.

J. Shen, L. Itti, Gender Differences in Visual Attention During Listening as Measured By Neuromorphic Saliency: What Women (and Men) Watch, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS10), May 2010.

C.-K. Chang, C. Siagian, L. Itti, Hardware and software computing architecture for robotics applications of neuroscience-inspired vision and navigation algorithms, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS10), May 2010.

F. Baluch, L. Itti, Training top-down attention improves performance on a triple conjunction search task, PLoS One, Vol. 5, p. e9127, Feb 2010. [2009 impact factor: 4.351] (Cited by 7)

S. Ricketts, Today's Tech, Tomorrow's Data, Star Trek Nemesis (Blu-Ray) Bonus Feature, Feb 2010.

P. Tseng, R. Carmi, I. G. M. Cameron, D.P. Munoz, L. Itti, Quantifying center bias of observers in free viewing of dynamic natural scenes, Journal of Vision, Vol. 9, No. 7:4, pp. 1-16, July 2009. [2007 impact factor: 3.791] (Cited by 43)

D. J. Berg, S. E. Boehnke, R. A. Marino, D. P. Munoz, L. Itti, Free viewing of dynamic stimuli by humans and monkeys, Journal of Vision, Vol. 9, No. 5:19, pp. 1-15, May 2009. [2007 impact factor: 3.791] (Cited by 26)

F. Baluch, L. Itti, Learning in an attentionally-demanding triple-conjunction task, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS09), May 2009.

L. Itti, P. F. Baldi, Bayesian Surprise Attracts Human Attention, Vision Research, Vol. 49, No. 10, pp. 1295-1306, May 2009. [2007 impact factor: 2.055] (Cited by 164)

K. Mitchell, Do Men and Women Take Different Photos?, Popular Photography, Jan 2009.

N. Matthews, The Photographer's Guide to the Eye, Popular Photography, Aug 2008.

P. Tseng, D. J. Berg, M. Yoshida, I. G. M. Cameron, S. E. Boehnke, R. A. Marino, T. Ikeda, R. Kato, K. Takaura, L. Itti, T. Isa, D. P. Munoz, Deployment of visual attention and of the eyes differentiate observer populations, In: Annual Meeting of the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), Berlin, Germany, Jul 2008.

R. J. Peters, L. Itti, Congruence between model and human attention reveals unique signatures of critical visual events, In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, Vol. 20 (NIPS*2007), pp. 1145-1152, Cambridge, MA:MIT Press, Jun 2008. [2007 oral acceptance rate: 10.4%] (Cited by 12)

R. J. Peters, L. Itti, Applying computational tools to predict gaze direction in interactive visual environments, ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, Vol. 5, No. 2, p. Article 8, 2008. (Cited by 55)

B. J. White, R. A. Marino, S. E. Boehnke, L. Itti, J. Theeuwes, D. P. Munoz, Interactions between endogenous and exogenous neural activity in the superior colliculus, In: Proc. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (SFN'07), Nov 2007.

L. Itti, M. Yoshida, D. J. Berg, T. Ikeda, R. Kato, K. Takaura, T. Isa, Saliency-based guidance of spontaneous saccades in monkeys with unilateral lesion of primary visual cortex, In: Proc. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (SFN'07), Nov 2007.

R. J. Peters, L. Itti, Beyond bottom-up: Incorporating task-dependent influences into a computational model of spatial attention, In: Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Jun 2007. [2007 acceptance rate: 28%] (Cited by 107)

D. J. Berg, S. E. Boehnke, R. A. Marino, P. F. Baldi, D. P. Munoz, L. Itti, The Role of Bottom-Up and Top-Down Influences in Directing Primate Gaze Shifts, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS07), May 2007.

R. J. Peters, L. Itti, Integrating low-level and high-level visual influences on eye movement behavior, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS07), May 2007.

R. Carmi, P. Tseng, I. G. M. Cameron, D. P. Munoz, L. Itti, The impact of maturation and aging on mechanisms of attentional selection, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS07), May 2007.

P. Tseng, R. Carmi, I. G. M. Cameron, D. P. Munoz, L. Itti, The impact of content-independent mechanisms on guiding attention, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS07), May 2007.

L. Itti, M. Yoshida, D. J. Berg, T. Ikeda, R. Kato, K. Takaura, T. Isa, Investigation of spontaneous saccades based on the saliency model in monkeys with unilateral lesion of primary visual cortex, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS07), May 2007.

R. Carmi, L. Itti, Visual Causes versus Correlates of Attentional Selection in Dynamic Scenes, Vision Research, Vol. 46, No. 26, pp. 4333-4345, Dec 2006. [2005 impact factor: 2.027] (Cited by 101)

L. Itti, P. F. Baldi, Modeling what attracts human gaze over dynamic natural scenes, In: Computational Vision in Neural and Machine Systems, (L. Harris, M. Jenkin Ed.), Cambridge, MA:Cambridge University Press, 2006. (Cited by 4)

L. Itti, M. A. Arbib, Attention and the Minimal Subscene, In: Action to Language via the Mirror Neuron System, (M. A. Arbib Ed.), pp. 289-346, Cambridge, U.K.:Cambridge University Press, 2006. (Cited by 19)

R. Carmi, L. Itti, The Role of Memory in Guiding Attention during Natural Vision, Journal of Vision, Vol. 6, No. 9, pp. 898-914, Aug 2006. [2005 impact factor: 3.469] (Cited by 40)

L. Itti, Quantitative Modeling of Perceptual Salience at Human Eye Position, Visual Cognition, Vol. 14, No. 4-8, pp. 959-984, Aug-Dec 2006. [2004 impact factor: 1.588] (Cited by 61)

D. J. Berg, S. E. Boehnke, R. A. Marino, P. F. Baldi, D. P. Munoz, L. Itti, Characterizing Surprise in Humans and Monkeys, In: HFSP 6th Annual Meeting, Paris, France, Jul 2006. (Cited by 3)

R. Carmi, L. Itti, The Role of Spatial Memory in Guiding Attention During Natural Vision, In: Proc. Eye Tracking, Cognition and Communication Workshop of the Second Biennial Conference on Cognitive Science, Jun 2006.

D. J. Berg, S. E. Boehnke, R. A. Marino, P. F. Baldi, D. P. Munoz, L. Itti, Characterizing Surprise in Humans and Monkeys, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS06), May 2006. (Cited by 3)

R. Carmi, L. Itti, From Eye-tracking Data to Information: Lessons from Dynamic Scenes, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS06), May 2006.

R. J. Peters, L. Itti, A computational model of task-dependent influences on eye position, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS06), May 2006. (Cited by 1)

R. J. Peters, L. Itti, Computational mechanisms for gaze direction in interactive visual environments, In: Proc. ACM Eye Tracking Research and Applications, pp. 27-32, Mar 2006. (Cited by 20)

R. Carmi, L. Itti, Causal Saliency Effects During Natural Vision, In: Proc. ACM Eye Tracking Research and Applications, pp. 11-18, Mar 2006. (Cited by 20)

L. Itti, P. F. Baldi, Bayesian Surprise Attracts Human Attention, In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, Vol. 19 (NIPS*2005), pp. 547-554, Cambridge, MA:MIT Press, 2006. [2005 acceptance rate: 24%] (Cited by 229)

P. F. Baldi, L. Itti, Attention: Bits versus Wows, In: Proc. IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks and Brain, Beijing, China, (M. Zhao, Z. Shi Ed.), Vol. 1, pp. PL56-PL61, Oct 2005. (Cited by 12)

R. J. Peters, A. Iyer, L. Itti, C. Koch, Components of bottom-up gaze allocation in natural images, Vision Research, Vol. 45, No. 8, pp. 2397-2416, Aug 2005. [2003 impact factor: 1.958] (Cited by 192)

L. Itti, Quantifying the Contribution of Low-Level Saliency to Human Eye Movements in Dynamic Scenes, Visual Cognition, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 1093-1123, Aug 2005. [2003 impact factor: 1.588] (Cited by 139)

R. Carmi, L. Itti, Attention deployment in intermittently predictable environments - from amnesia to memory and back, In: Proc. ninth annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC9), Pasadena, CA, Jun 2005.

L. Itti, M. A. Arbib, Visual Salience Facilitates Entry into Counscious Scene Representation, In: Proc. ninth annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC9), Pasadena, CA, Jun 2005.

L. Itti, P. F. Baldi, A Principled Approach to Detecting Surprising Events in Video, In: Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 631-637, Jun 2005. [2005 acceptance rate: 28%] (Cited by 213)

R. Carmi, L. Itti, Attention deployment in novel environments - from amnesia to memory and back, In: Proc. 12th Joint Symposium on Neural Computation (JSNC'05), Los Angeles, California, May 2005.

L. Itti, P. F. Baldi, A surprise theory of attention, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS05), May 2005. (Cited by 3)

R. Carmi, L. Itti, Why do we fail to perceive jump-cuts in motion pictures?, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS05), May 2005.

R. J. Peters, A. Iyer, C. Koch, L. Itti, Components of Bottom-Up Gaze Allocation in Natural Scenes, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS05), May 2005. (Cited by 6)

V. Navalpakkam, L. Itti, Attention can be guided to the relevant feature category, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS05), May 2005. (Cited by 1)

Neurobiology of Attention, (L. Itti, G. Rees, J. K. Tsotsos Ed.), pp. 1-744, San Diego, CA:Elsevier, Jan 2005.

L. Itti, Automatic Foveation for Video Compression Using a Neurobiological Model of Visual Attention, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 13, No. 10, pp. 1304-1318, Oct 2004. [2003 impact factor: 2.642] (Cited by 230)

V. Navalpakkam, L. Itti, A mathematical framework for the design and analysis of feature biasing strategies, In: Proc. 11th Joint Symposium on Neural Computation (JSNC'04), Los Angeles, California, May 2004.

R. Carmi, L. Itti, Disentangling topdown from bottom up influences on attentional allocation in dynamic scenes, In: Proc. 11th Joint Symposium on Neural Computation (JSNC'04), Los Angeles, California, May 2004. (Cited by 2)

R. Carmi, L. Itti, Bottom-up and top-down influences on attentional allocation in natural dynamic scenes, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS04), p. 20, May 2004. (Cited by 1)

V. Navalpakkam, J. Rebesco, L. Itti, Modeling the influence of knowledge of the target and distractors on visual search, In: Proc. Vision Science Society Annual Meeting (VSS04), p. 178, May 2004. (Cited by 4)

K. Patch, Model keeps virtual eyes right, Technology Research News, Mar 2004.

R. J. Peters, T. N. Mundhenk, L. Itti, C. Koch, Contour-facilitation in a model of bottom-up attention, In: Proc. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (SFN'03), Nov 2003. (Cited by 2)

J. Lu, L. Itti, Feature-based Attention is Task-Dependent, In: Proc. 10th Joint Symposium on Neural Computation (JSNC'03), Irvine, California, May 2003.