It is easier to make sense of the visual environment if we know where to look. Eye movement measurements show just how quickly we can find the informative parts of a scene, even when we do not know what to expect.
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Cave, K.R. Finding meaning in eye movements. Nat Hum Behav 1, 709–710 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0217-z
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