Study of an Extensive Set of Eye Movement Features: Extraction Methods and Statistical Analysis

This work presents a study of an extensive set of 101 categories of eye movement features from three types of eye movement events: fixations, saccades, and post-saccadic oscillations. We present a unified framework of methods for the extraction of features that describe the temporal, positional and...

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Main Authors: Ioannis Rigas, Lee Friedman, Oleg Komogortsev
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Eye Movement Research
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Online Access:https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/3795
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description This work presents a study of an extensive set of 101 categories of eye movement features from three types of eye movement events: fixations, saccades, and post-saccadic oscillations. We present a unified framework of methods for the extraction of features that describe the temporal, positional and dynamic characteristics of eye movements. We perform statistical analysis of feature values by employing eye movement data from a normative population of 298 subjects, recorded during a text reading task. We present overall measures for the central tendency and variability of feature values, and we quantify the test-retest reliability of features using either the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (for normally distributed and normalized features) or Kendall’s coefficient of concordance (for non-normally distributed features). Finally, for the case of normally distributed and normalized features we additionally perform factor analysis and provide interpretations of the resulting factors. The presented methods and analysis can provide a valuable tool for researchers in various fields that explore eye movements, such as in behavioral studies, attention and cognition research, medical research, biometric recognition, and human-computer interaction.
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spelling doaj-art-2fbca47be13e4286b7894719b5f7abe22025-08-20T01:51:27ZengMDPI AGJournal of Eye Movement Research1995-86922018-03-0111110.16910/jemr.11.1.3Study of an Extensive Set of Eye Movement Features: Extraction Methods and Statistical AnalysisIoannis Rigas0Lee Friedman1Oleg Komogortsev2Texas State UniversityTexas State UniversityTexas State UniversityThis work presents a study of an extensive set of 101 categories of eye movement features from three types of eye movement events: fixations, saccades, and post-saccadic oscillations. We present a unified framework of methods for the extraction of features that describe the temporal, positional and dynamic characteristics of eye movements. We perform statistical analysis of feature values by employing eye movement data from a normative population of 298 subjects, recorded during a text reading task. We present overall measures for the central tendency and variability of feature values, and we quantify the test-retest reliability of features using either the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (for normally distributed and normalized features) or Kendall’s coefficient of concordance (for non-normally distributed features). Finally, for the case of normally distributed and normalized features we additionally perform factor analysis and provide interpretations of the resulting factors. The presented methods and analysis can provide a valuable tool for researchers in various fields that explore eye movements, such as in behavioral studies, attention and cognition research, medical research, biometric recognition, and human-computer interaction.https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/3795eye movementsfeature extractionsaccadesfixationspost-saccadic oscillationsvariability
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Study of an Extensive Set of Eye Movement Features: Extraction Methods and Statistical Analysis
Journal of Eye Movement Research
eye movements
feature extraction
saccades
fixations
post-saccadic oscillations
variability
title Study of an Extensive Set of Eye Movement Features: Extraction Methods and Statistical Analysis
title_full Study of an Extensive Set of Eye Movement Features: Extraction Methods and Statistical Analysis
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title_short Study of an Extensive Set of Eye Movement Features: Extraction Methods and Statistical Analysis
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topic eye movements
feature extraction
saccades
fixations
post-saccadic oscillations
variability
url https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/3795
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