There is no evidence that meaning maps capture semantic information relevant to gaze guidance: Reply to Henderson, Hayes, Peacock, and Rehrig (2021)

Pedziwiatr, Marek A., Kümmerer, Matthias, Wallis, Thomas S.A., Bethge, Matthias and Teufel, Christoph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3915-9716 2021. There is no evidence that meaning maps capture semantic information relevant to gaze guidance: Reply to Henderson, Hayes, Peacock, and Rehrig (2021). Cognition 214 , 104741. 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104741

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Abstract

The concerns raised by Henderson, Hayes, Peacock, and Rehrig (2021) are based on misconceptions of our work. We show that Meaning Maps (MMs) do not predict gaze guidance better than a state-of-the-art saliency model that is based on semantically-neutral, high-level features. We argue that there is therefore no evidence to date that MMs index anything beyond these features. Furthermore, we show that although alterations in meaning cause changes in gaze guidance, MMs fail to capture these alterations. We agree that semantic information is important in the guidance of eye-movements, but the contribution of MMs for understanding its role remains elusive.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0010-0277
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	4 May 2021
Date of Acceptance:	15 April 2021
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2024 23:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/140913

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