Defining eye-fixation sequences across individuals and tasks: The Binocular-Individual Threshold (BIT) algorithm

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 239-257

  van der Lans, Ralf ^a   Wedel, Michel ^b   Pieters, Rik ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eye tracking; Fixation detection; Reading; Saccade thresholds; Scene viewing; Search

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BLINKING; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BLINKING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; SACCADES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION, BINOCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953676851     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-010-0031-2     Document Type: Article

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