<p>Henderson summarizes very well a number of approaches on human gaze control during real-world scenes and tasks. <a href="http://cvcl.mit.edu/iap05/henderson_03.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://cvcl.mit.edu/iap05/henderson_03.pdf</a></p>

<p>In a nutshell, our visual system combines knowledge about the task (e.g. color of the search target) and external audio/visual stimuli (saliency) to control our gaze inside a scene.
Quite insightful about how gaze control works during a task is the paper of Land and Hayhoe on gaze during  a sandwich making task: <a href="http://cvcl.mit.edu/SUNSeminar/LandHayhoe_eye_actions_VR01.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://cvcl.mit.edu/SUNSeminar/LandHayhoe_eye_actions_VR01.pdf</a></p>

<p>Navigation is a task that requires a step-by-step approach. I am not aware of any visual navigation model, but I believe that the basic principles are the same. I hope it helps!</p>

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2013-05-22T23:12:05.187Z
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Angeliki
<p>If you are looking for a 'brain model of visual navigation', you just have to google it! You will find a whole Ph.D. thesis that exactly covers all what you are asking for:</p>

<p>Learning Objects Places and Relation in a Brain Model of Visual Navigation.</p>

<p><a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/Learning_Objects_Places_and_Relations_in.html?id=yJo2twAACAAJ" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books/about/Learning_Objects_Places_and_Relations_in.html?id=yJo2twAACAAJ</a></p>

<p>That should help in your research.</p>

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2012-12-02T07:34:11.187Z
Hi Javier, it's great to have someone who has written a PhD on the topic provide an answer. Would you be able to summarise how your thesis answers the question or alternatively quote any relevant passages (e.g., your abstract)? Also, is the full-text PDF available anywhere on the internet?
Jeromy Anglim
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Javier
<p>I wonder if any of the work using Act-R would be relevant.
See these Act-R publications with accompanying PDFs on</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/publications/index.php?subtopic=2" rel="nofollow">visual search</a></li>
<li><a href="http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/publications/index.php?subtopic=23" rel="nofollow">spatial reasoning and navigation</a></li>
</ul>

<p>(apologies if they're not relevant, this is outside my comfort zone)</p>

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2012-01-23T06:40:43.927Z
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Jeromy Anglim
<p>I've seen a few neuroscience accounts of visual navigation and many A.I. projects, but no psychologically plausible accounts that actually solve the computational problem (i.e. produce a <strong>working</strong> model).</p>

<p>Obviously I realize that to ask for a <em>general</em> cognitive model of visual navigation would be too much, but surely someone has done some work on a small sub-domain (e.g. driving, navigating in video games, navigation in specific animals).</p>

<p>Any computational account along these lines would be appreciated, though a connectionist account would be preferred.</p>

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2013-05-24T17:58:27.843Z
There's also this talk on neurons involved in remembering position of objects and locating oneself in space: http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_burgess_how_your_brain_tells_you_where_you_are.html
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Are there any cognitive models for visual navigation?
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# Are there any cognitive models for visual navigation?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-01-19)

I've seen a few neuroscience accounts of visual navigation and many A.I. projects, but no psychologically plausible accounts that actually solve the computational problem (i.e. produce a **working** model).

Obviously I realize that to ask for a *general* cognitive model of visual navigation would be too much, but surely someone has done some work on a small sub-domain (e.g. driving, navigating in video games, navigation in specific animals).

Any computational account along these lines would be appreciated, though a connectionist account would be preferred.

**Tags:** connectionism, cognitive-modeling, computational-modeling, vision

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: There's also this talk on neurons involved in remembering position of objects and locating oneself in space: http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_burgess_how_your_brain_tells_you_where_you_are.html  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2012-01-23. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

I wonder if any of the work using Act-R would be relevant.
See these Act-R publications with accompanying PDFs on

* [visual search](http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/publications/index.php?subtopic=2)
* [spatial reasoning and navigation](http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/publications/index.php?subtopic=23)

(apologies if they're not relevant, this is outside my comfort zone)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-05-22. Score: 4

Henderson summarizes very well a number of approaches on human gaze control during real-world scenes and tasks. <http://cvcl.mit.edu/iap05/henderson_03.pdf>

In a nutshell, our visual system combines knowledge about the task (e.g. color of the search target) and external audio/visual stimuli (saliency) to control our gaze inside a scene.
Quite insightful about how gaze control works during a task is the paper of Land and Hayhoe on gaze during a sandwich making task: <http://cvcl.mit.edu/SUNSeminar/LandHayhoe_eye_actions_VR01.pdf>

Navigation is a task that requires a step-by-step approach. I am not aware of any visual navigation model, but I believe that the basic principles are the same. I hope it helps!


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### Answer by username_3 on 2012-12-02. Score: 3

If you are looking for a 'brain model of visual navigation', you just have to google it! You will find a whole Ph.D. thesis that exactly covers all what you are asking for:

Learning Objects Places and Relation in a Brain Model of Visual Navigation.

<http://books.google.com/books/about/Learning_Objects_Places_and_Relations_in.html?id=yJo2twAACAAJ>

That should help in your research.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Hi username_3, it's great to have someone who has written a PhD on the topic provide an answer. Would you be able to summarise how your thesis answers the question or alternatively quote any relevant passages (e.g., your abstract)? Also, is the full-text PDF available anywhere on the internet?  

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