Perceptual fluency and eye movements when viewing urban and natural scenes.

ABSTRACT: A number of eye-tracking studies have shown that viewing natural environments is associated with reduced eye movement activity compared with viewing built environments. This has been linked to the cognitive benefits of viewing nature and explained in terms of Kaplan and Kaplan's Attention Restoration Theory. However, the theory has recently been criticized for the lack of empirical evidence supporting its framework. The first aim was to replicate the results of previous eye movement studies using different visual stimuli. In addition, we investigated whether reduced eye movements when viewing natural versus urban images could be explained by greater perceptual fluency and fractal complexity of the images. The participants (N = 66) viewed images of forests with and without foliage and image

SUBMITTER: Franek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12267524 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature