scanpath

English

Etymology

From scan +‎ path.

Noun

scanpath (plural scanpaths)

1. The path followed by the viewer's eyes when reading a document or observing a scene.
   • 2016, Lars O. M. Rothkegel, Heiko H. Schütt, Hans A. Trukenbrod, Felix A. Wichmann, Ralf Engbert, “Influence of initial fixation position in scene viewing”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     We conclude that inhibitory tagging is a viable mechanism for dynamical planning of scanpaths.

See also

• eyetracking
• saccade

Anagrams

• Snapchat, snapchat