Credit: Robert Alexander
Titian’s painting (left column), Rubens’ painting (center column), and Rubens’ painting without parrot (right column) were viewed by the experiment participants. Middle row: The yellow line represents an individual participant's scan paths for each of the three images. Bottom row: Overall gaze dynamics can be seen in the average heatmap for all participants across 45 seconds of viewing time.
Both scan paths and heatmaps indicate an increased focus on Eve in the Rubens painting, particularly when the parrot was present.