Potentials and Limitations of Mobile Eye Tracking in Visitor Studies: Evidence From Field Research at Two Museum Exhibitions in Germany

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-118

  Eghbal Azar, Kira ^a   Widlok, Thomas ^b,c  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

cognitive science; field research; mobile eye tracking; observation; visitor studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873881717     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439312453565     Document Type: Article

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