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Analyzing Scanpaths From A Field Dependence-Independence Perspective When Playing A Visual Search Game

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George E. Raptis,

Christina KatsiniAuthors Info & Claims

ETRA '21 Short Papers: ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications

Article No.: 37, Pages 1 - 7

https://doi.org/10.1145/3448018.3459655

Published: 25 May 2021 Publication History

Abstract

People tend to develop different cognitive styles, which influence how we process information when interacting with computer systems. Field Dependence-Independence is one of the most well-known cognitive styles that influences how we process information in visual search tasks. Considering that such tasks are common in video games, this paper investigates whether information processing differences, derived from Field Dependence-Independence cognitive style, reflect on different eye trajectories when playing a visual search game. We performed a small-scale eye-tracking study to investigate it. The results of the scanpath analysis indicated that such differences exist. The study results provide a first step towards understanding how people who share different cognitive styles differ in the scanpaths they develop when playing a visual search game.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3677057
Tsolakidou ARaptis GKatsini CKatsanos C(2023)Exploring the Impact of Cognitive Styles on the Visualization of Privacy PoliciesProceedings of the 27th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Progress in Computing and Informatics10.1145/3635059.3635076(109-115)Online publication date: 24-Nov-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3635059.3635076
Cocha Toabanda EErazo MYoo S(2023)Gaze Tracking: A Survey of Devices, Libraries and ApplicationsModelling and Development of Intelligent Systems10.1007/978-3-031-27034-5_2(18-41)Online publication date: 26-Feb-2023
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