Multidimensional scaling of pictorial informativeness.
The dimensions used in the judgment of the informativeness of picture sections were investigated by means of a recently proposed methodology, multidimensional similarity analysis. 10 judges (college students) rated the informational similarity of 32 areas within a single picture. The five extracted dimensions accounted for 86% of the judgmental variance and were all readily interpretable. These dimensions were discussed with respect to an earlier study in which eye movements of subjects viewing this picture were recorded.
D000328:Adult; D001154:Art; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D014796:Visual Perception