ИСТИНА

The aim of our study was to reveal eye movement characteristics when performing two tasks: A) to memorize a set of images and B) to recognize them among other images. In session A the participants were shown a short comic strip (15 pictures, each for 5000 ms) and asked to learn them. In session B they were shown a set of the same 15 images added on 5 unfamiliar but related story images included in a strip. The participants were asked to recognize the images learned in session A. During the performance of both sessions eye movements were recorded. It was shown that for learned stimuli fixation durations, fixation and saccade counts during correct recognition were significantly lower in comparison with the same eye movement characteristics for incorrect answers. As to unfamiliar stimuli eye parameters during their perception were similar to those revealed in a session A. The data showed also that the features selected in the first and second fixations during learning session were not recapitulated during recognition session. Our results indicate that the eye movement characteristics may be considered as reliable indicators of learning processes.