ABSTRACT
As suggested by the title, I do not intend to present a full-blown theory of picture recognition. Rather, I want to suggest a framework within which such a theory might be couched, concentrating primarily on how information from a visual scene is encoded. Within this framework, eye fixations playa dual role. First, the pattern of eye fixations over a picture provides a powerful, ecologically valid, overt measure of the parts of a picture to which the observer is attending. Second, it is suggested that the processes involving acquisition of information within a single eye fixation should be viewed as a central component in any theory of picture memory.
