Researchers: Aaron Mitchel (Associate Professor of Psychology), Eric Faden (Professor of Film and Media Studies), Nathan Ryan (Professor of Mathematics), Taylor Myers ‘18 (Psychology), Alexander Murph ‘18 (Computer Science and Mathematics)
Mid-century French filmmaker Jacques Tati made films that were different from a typical Hollywood movie in that he allowed and, in fact, encouraged his audience to explore each scene; instead of tightly controlling where the viewer looked, he designed his scenes so that each re-viewing would bring different details to light. Aaron Mitchel, Eric Faden, Nathan Ryan, Taylor Myers and Alexander Murph implemented an eye tracking study and found significant differences between the first viewings of Tati and non-Tati films as well as the discrepancies between first and second viewings of Tati and non-Tati films.