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In order to obtain the physiological and psychological indicators of the visual complexity of art images from the perspective of visual cognition, this study explored the relationship between eye-tracking metrics and the psychological factors. The study invited 16 participants (8 females, age range 23.81 ± 0.98) to participate in the experiment. In this study, eye-tracking experiments and a questionnaire of psychological factors affecting visual complexity were conducted. The results show that there is a significant relationship between the fixation length, first fixation time and visual complexity. Image with the complexity score interval [74, 100] has a high mental workload on visual processing. There is a significant linear relationship between the fixation count and visual complexity. In addition, the analysis of the psychological scale shows that psychological factors have a positive significant correlation with visual complexity. The participants show sensitivity to the factor of color, texture, and cognitive on visual complexity, but were insensitive to shape factors.
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Hu, R., Weng, M., Zhang, L., Li, X. (2021). Art Image Complexity Measurement Based on Visual Cognition: Evidence from Eye-Tracking Metrics. In: Ayaz, H., Asgher, U., Paletta, L. (eds) Advances in Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 259. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80285-1_16
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