Analysis of Visual Perception in an Individual Observing Human Movement in the Test Video Recording

Abstract

To gain an insight into the way children observe the movements of other people, we videotaped the movements of a child who started walking from a stationary state (human image) and the movements of a pattern of luminous dots likened to the figure of a child (luminous image), and showed them to a total of 30 children who participated in this study. After measuring the eye movements of the subjects using a Visicon Eye-camera, we asked them about the luminous image orally. The data thus obtained were analyzed. The following is a summary of our findings.
1. From the frequency and duration of fixation, and the distribution of points of fixation, it was found that whether the image the subjects were looking at were human or luminous did not make any marked difference in their eye movement.
2. From the distribution of fixation points, it was clear that the children kept looking at the walking child and the luminous object as well.
3. Asked what it looks like, all the child subjects who were seeing the luminous dotted pattern in a stationary state said they were not sure what it was. When it started moving,14 of the subjects answered that they did not know, while 16 children said it looked like a person walking.
From the above, it was found that the children followed the moving object with their eyes whether it was a walking child or a luminous image without any preconception. This could offer a helpful suggestion in working on strategies for properly dealing with child patients who have behavioral problems.