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Cognitive psychology research symposium
Jan. 25, 2023 - Examining memory, problem-solving and training with wearable eye tracking
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Online
English
Jan. 25, 2023
12 pm EST
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Eye movements provide a window into cognitive functions, such as memory, problem-solving, and learning. Eye tracking technology can greatly contribute to objectively measuring these functions and provide a deeper understanding of human behavior. Wearable eye trackers capture eye movements which enable you to understand related cognitive processes in natural settings, allowing for unconstrained behavior in an ecologically valid design.
In this research symposium you will hear directly from three esteemed researchers on their work within cognitive psychology and how they have used wearable eye tracking to gather their findings.
Join us to get inspired by their innovative research and ask questions at the end in a live Q&A with all the presenters.
Symposium presentations
Comparing the impact of vision and body-based cues to memorize spatial layouts
Alana Muller - University of Arizona
Vision is arguably the most important sense humans use to encode information about spatial environments yet body-based walking cues also contribute essential information. The specific contributions of vision and body-based cues to active human navigation and memory, however, remain unclear. The current research aimed to investigate the degree to which body-based cues can enhance memory in small real-world spaces by pairing mobile eye tracking with a navigation and memory task in an ecologically valid design.
Joint attention in a virtual team setting - synchronization of blink rate and predicting problem-solving performance
Dr. Alexandra Hoffmann - University of Innsbruck
Answering the question of what constitutes good teamwork and how to improve it is more important than ever in our global working world. In the present study, we tracked blink synchronization between two team members via dual eye tracking and the effect on team performance in a virtual setting. Our results provide evidence that the strength of blink synchronization could predict team performance in a problem-solving task.
Eye tracking as an analytic for nursing simulation training and post-simulation review
Dr. Daniel Levin - Vanderbilt University
We have been exploring the utility of eye tracking during nursing simulation training, both for possible feedback during training and for post-simulation debriefing of student nurses. In addition to testing for gaze-state linkages, we are exploring the utility of detecting gaze sub events, and are developing an automated pipeline for defining ROI's and tracking and coregistering the rich analytics inherent to this environment.
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Online
English
Jan. 25, 2023
12 pm EST
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Speakers
Alana Muller
4th-year graduate student, Human Spatial Cognition Lab at the University of Arizona
Alana Muller is currently a 4th-year graduate student in the Psychology Department working in the Human Spatial Cognition Lab at the University of Arizona. Her research interests involve studying the contributions of vision and movement to navigation, especially in natural settings. She is also interested in understanding how specific eye movements are involved in memory processes.
Dr. Alexandra Hoffmann
Department of Psychology at the University of Innsbruck in Austria
Alexandra Hoffmann is currently working at the Department of Psychology at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Her research has a focus in cognitive psychology, psychophysiology & eye tracking. By combining eye tracking with physiological methods like EDA and ECG, she wants to investigate how humans react to emotional and face stimuli, but also in interactions with other individuals. She is further interested in applying mobile eye tracking to dive deeper into the world of social attention and interpersonal communication, especially in psychological disorders. Although she is part of the team of general psychology, she is also expanding her research into clinical psychology as well as neurology, working with psychiatrists and neurologists.
Dr. Daniel Levin
Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University
Daniel Levin received his BA from Reed College in 1990, and his PhD at Cornell University in 1997. He is currently a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. His research explores the interface between cognition and perception in naturalistic settings ranging from scenes to instructional videos to cinema. This work has been supported by grants from the NSF, NIMH, and Templeton Foundation.
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