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Systematic influence of gaze position on pupil size measurement: analysis and correction

via Behavior Research Methods (Browse Results) on 6/2/11

Abstract  

Cognitive effort is reflected in pupil dilation, but the assessment of pupil size is potentially susceptible to changes in gaze position. This study exemplarily used sentence reading as a stand-in for paradigms that assess pupil size in tasks during which changes in gaze position are unavoidable. The influence of gaze position on pupil size was first investigated by an artificial eye model with a fixed pupil size. Despite its fixed pupil size, the systematic measurements of the artificial eye model revealed substantial gaze-position-dependent changes in the measured pupil size. We evaluated two functions and showed that they can accurately capture and correct the gaze-dependent measurement error of pupil size recorded during a sentence-reading and an effortless z-string-scanning task. Implications for previous studies are discussed, and recommendations for future studies are provided.

• Content Type Journal Article
• Pages 1-11
• DOI 10.3758/s13428-011-0109-5
• Authors
  • Benjamin Gagl, Department of Psychology and Center for Neurocognitive Research, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
  • Stefan Hawelka, Department of Psychology and Center for Neurocognitive Research, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
  • Florian Hutzler, Department of Psychology and Center for Neurocognitive Research, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

• Journal Behavior Research Methods
• Online ISSN 1554-3528
• Print ISSN 1554-351X

 

 

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