Eye Movements during Rod-and-Frame Performance

Abstract

Corneally-reflected horizontal eye movements of 8 field-dependent and 8 field-independent Ss were examined during 6 trials on the rod-and-frame task, each trial being divided into viewing and decision (rod adjustment) periods. Neither average point of looking nor variability of looking (as a measure of perceptual scanning) was related to task error. The results were seen as supporting a distinction between field articulation and perceptual scanning as discrete attention styles.