Ponmanadiyil Raganya, Woolhouse Matthew H
McMaster University, Canada.
J Eye Mov Res. 2018 Dec 28;11(2). doi: 10.16910/jemr.11.2.11.
Previous research indicates that dance expertise affects eye-movement behaviour-dance experts tend to have faster saccades and more tightly clustered fixations than novices when observing dance, suggesting that experts are able to predict movements and process choreographic information more quickly. Relating to this, the present study aimed to explore (1) the effects of expertise on eye movements (as a proxy for attentional focus and the existence of movement-dance schemas) in Indian Bharatanatyam dance, and (2) narrative dance, which is an important component of Bharatanatyam. Fixation durations, dwell times, and fixation-position dispersions were recorded for novices and experts in Bharatanatyam (N = 28) while they observed videos of narrative and non-narrative Bharatanatyam dance. Consistent with previous research, experts had shorter fixation durations and more tightly clustered fixations than novices. Tighter clustering of fixations was also found for narrative dance versus non-narrative. Our results are discussed in relation to previous dance and eye-tracking research.
先前的研究表明，舞蹈专业技能会影响眼动行为——在观察舞蹈时，舞蹈专家往往比新手有更快的扫视速度和更密集的注视点，这表明专家能够更快地预测动作并处理舞蹈编排信息。与此相关的是，本研究旨在探讨：（1）专业技能对印度婆罗多舞中眼动的影响（作为注意力焦点和动作-舞蹈图式存在的指标），以及（2）叙事舞蹈，它是婆罗多舞的一个重要组成部分。在婆罗多舞的新手和专家（N = 28）观看叙事和非叙事婆罗多舞视频时，记录了他们的注视持续时间、停留时间和注视位置离散度。与先前的研究一致，专家的注视持续时间比新手短，注视点也更密集。叙事舞蹈与非叙事舞蹈相比，注视点也更密集。我们将结合先前的舞蹈和眼动追踪研究对结果进行讨论。
