MouseView.js: Reliable and valid attention tracking in web-based experiments using a cursor-directed aperture.

ABSTRACT: Psychological research is increasingly moving online, where web-based studies allow for data collection at scale. Behavioural researchers are well supported by existing tools for participant recruitment, and for building and running experiments with decent timing. However, not all techniques are portable to the Internet: While eye tracking works in tightly controlled lab conditions, webcam-based eye tracking suffers from high attrition and poorer quality due to basic limitations like webcam availability, poor image quality, and reflections on glasses and the cornea. Here we present MouseView.js, an alternative to eye tracking that can be employed in web-based research. Inspired by the visual system, MouseView.js blurs the display to mimic peripheral vision, but allows participants to move

SUBMITTER: Anwyl-Irvine AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8480466 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature