title: Eye movements and smart technology.
abstract: From a cognitive science/artificial intelligence perspective, this paper identifies the scanpath concept as the instantiation of a general sequencing principle that permeates the organization of spatial scene knowledge throughout the levels of mental processing. As such, it helps create methodologies to open up windows onto higher-level cognitive processes, particularly by relating shifts of visual focus to shifts of attention in mental reasoning. The paper argues that these methodologies form a robust basis for smart applications that employ eye movements to assess and to assist in diagrammatic problem solving.
authors.affiliation: Cognitive Systems Research Group & SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition, Universität Bremen, Cartesium 3.47, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Freksa
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bertel
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D001288:Attention; D003071:Cognition; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011340:Problem Solving