Screen-based for the lab
For lab environments, our screen-based eye trackers, Tobii Pro Spectrum and Tobii Pro Fusion, produce visual stimuli on a screen and work together with
Tobii Pro Lab to deliver insights on study participant reactions.
Psychology and neuroscience research
Eye tracking in psychology and neuroscience research
Eye tracking solutions systematically capture and measure tiny eye movements and gestures, which generates accurate insights about visual attention, cognitive processes, and reactions — enabling researchers to expand scientific knowledge of behavior.
Why use eye tracking?
Pupil center corneal reflection (PCCR) is one of the most accurate and nonintrusive ways to capture and measure eye movements. Our eye trackers use this technique to deliver a data stream in real-time containing raw data, such as gaze point, eye openness and pupil diameter.
What you can measure with eye tracking
Our eye tracking solutions combine nonintrusive and discreet eye trackers, such as Tobii Pro Spectrum, with software such as Tobii Pro Lab, enabling you to run studies and generate quantitative evidence underlying visual behavior in a wide variety of domains, such as:
Perception
Explore temporal dynamics of perceptual processes. Investigate object, face or text recognition speed by tracking eye movements onto visual stimuli.
Decision-making
Study spatiotemporal characteristics of gaze before, during, and immediately after the decision. Learn how individuals weigh different options, consider risks, and make choices.
Language
Gain insights into language perception, processing, and comprehension.
Problem-solving
Reveal how mental representations are formed and used in problem-solving. Differentiate between insight-based vs analytical problem-solving by measuring gaze behavior before solution discovery.
Memory
Study various aspects of memory, including encoding, recognition, and retrieval. Analyze eye movements in a memory task and gain insights into the memory mechanisms.
Attention
Measure overt attention allocation and dynamics in real-time. Learn about visual processing sequences or preferences for different stimuli in a scene.
Fields of research
Cognitive psychology Cognitive psychology
Social psychology Social psychology
Behavioral psychology Behavioral psychology
Developmental psychology Developmental psychology
Psycholinguistics Psycholinguistics
Clinical psychology Clinical psychology
Nonhuman primate Nonhuman primate
Health psychology Health psychology
Research setups for psychology and neuroscience
Screen-based for the field
In the field, you can connect the plug-and-play Tobii Pro Fusion eye tracker to a screen in, say, a school, hospital, or any other location where study participants are readily available. Works together with Tobii Pro Lab to deliver insights on behavior.
Standalone for the lab
If your study requires participants to observe or interact with physical objects or a person, you can use Tobii Pro Spectrum in standalone mode. Works together with Tobii Pro Lab to deliver insights on behavior.
Wearable for the real world
Designed for on-the-go data capture, our Tobii Pro Glasses 3 wearable eye tracker allows study participants to move around and interact intuitively with the objects and people around them — for the lab and the field.
Delve deeper into psychology and neuroscience research
Psychology and neuroscience — Use cases
Eye tracking offers insights into cognitive functions and emotional states while providing cues to the neural mechanisms underlying these processes.
What can eye tracking reveal about cognitive processes?
In this learn article, we will present how eye tracking technology has been used to study cognitive processes and the insights that these studies have generated.
Understanding child psychology with eye tracking
In this webinar experienced researchers will share their insights using eye tracking in developmental, clinical, and educational-psychology research in infants and children.
Eye tracking sheds light on social anxiety
Studies show that people with social anxiety pay more attention to negative facial expressions. An eye tracking study confirmed this theory and revealed that training people to focus on positive stimuli can lead to a reduction in this bias.
Eye tracking applied in the context of an intercultural design workshop
To pave the way for self-reflection, encourage cultural awareness and promote an intercultural understanding, Professor Susanne P. Radtke led a group of design students to Indonesia to conduct an intercultural workshop.
Eye tracking used to understand Tourette syndrome
Researchers from the Cardiff School of Geography and Planning in the United Kingdom used Tobii Pro Glasses to understand the occurrence of compulsive behavior among people with Tourette syndrome.
Scientific publications
Did you know that over 12,000 scientific publications
feature Tobii eye tracking technology?
Discover the latest trends in eye tracking for Psychology and
neuroscience by exploring our scientific publication library.
Our products used for psychology and neuroscience research
Tobii Pro Spectrum
This high-performance research system captures gaze data at speeds up to 1200 Hz. A screen-based eye tracker for extensive research from fixation-based studies to micro-saccades.
Tobii Pro Glasses 3
Designed for the real world, our third-generation wearable eye tracker allows you to conduct behavioral research in a wide range of settings.
Tobii Pro Lab
Our analytical software helps guide scientific and academic eye tracking research. Take control of your study and analyze the data in detail.
Tobii Pro Fusion
Screen-based eye tracker, capturing gaze data at speeds up to 250 Hz. This powerful research system supports from fixation to saccade-based research outside of the lab.
Tobii Pro Spark
A powerful screen-based eye tracker, capturing gaze data at 60 Hz. With this affordable system, anyone can easily enhance their research with data that illuminates human attention and intent.
Related application areas
Cognitive and psychological research
Nonhuman primate
Neuroscientists and psychologists use eye tracking in nonhuman primate research to explore evolutionary conserved behaviors and cognitive processes.
Cognitive and psychological research
Developmental psychology
Enabling researchers to study gaze behavior, one of the first developments, opening the door to a child's mind long before acquiring language.
Cognitive and psychological research
Reading and language
Eye tracking has become an established tool to objectively measure human language processing and eye movements in reading.
Enabling success
Tobii offers tailored support to address research needs throughout your journey with Tobii’s eye tracking.
Tobii Funding support services
Tobii Funding support services help you improve your grant proposals for research that includes eye tracking in its methodology
Tobii Connect
Tobii Connect delivers product documentation, how-to guides, and answers to FAQs as well as access to software updates. Our customer care services help with any technical issues concerning Tobii products.
Tobii Academy
Tobii Academy our online learning platform, helping you ensure study success at every step of the way from study design to interpreting your eye tracking data.