# Target Features Affect Visual Search, A Study of Eye Fixations

Source: [Target Features Affect Visual Search, A Study of Eye Fixations](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6d911e209131cea3ab20>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2025-10-26T00:37:22.464Z

Authors: Manoosh Samiei, James J. Clark

Published: 2022-09-28T01:53:16.000Z

## Abstract

Visual Search is referred to the task of finding a target object among a set of distracting objects in a visual display. In this paper, based on an independent analysis of the COCO-Search18 dataset, we investigate how the performance of human participants during visual search is affected by different parameters such as the size and eccentricity of the target object. We also study the correlation between the error rate of participants and search performance. Our studies show that a bigger and more eccentric target is found faster with fewer number of fixations. Our code for the graphics are publicly available at https://github.com/ManooshSamiei/COCOSearch18\_Analysis.

## Recorded benchmark results

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.13771>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.13771.pdf>)