ArticlePloS one2016
The Mind-Writing Pupil: A Human-Computer Interface Based on Decoding of Covert Attention through Pupillometry.
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- Pupillometry signatures of sustained attention and working memory.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2022Article
- The relationship between pupillary baseline manipulated by mental effort or luminance and subsequent pupillary responses.Journal of vision · 2022Article
- A Hybrid Brain-Computer Interface Based on Visual Evoked Potential and Pupillary Response.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Pupillary Responses Obey Emmert's Law and Co-vary with Autistic Traits.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Article
- Pupillary dilation elicited by attending to two disks with different luminance.Journal of vision · 2021Article
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- Eye-gaze information input based on pupillary response to visual stimulus with luminance modulation.PloS one · 2020Article
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- Parallel graded attention in reading: A pupillometric study.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Pupillometry: Psychology, Physiology, and Function.Journal of cognition · 2018Article
- Visual Awareness in Binocular Rivalry Modulates Induced Pupil Fluctuations.Journal of cognition · 2018Article
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- Pupil response components: attention-light interaction in patients with Parinaud's syndrome.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
We present a new human-computer interface that is based on decoding of attention through pupillometry. Our method builds on the recent finding that covert visual attention affects the pupillary light response: Your pupil constricts when you covertly (without looking at it) attend to a bright, compared to a dark, stimulus. In our method, participants covertly attend to one of several letters with oscillating brightness. Pupil size reflects the brightness of the selected letter, which allows us-with high accuracy and in real time-to determine which letter the participant intends to select. The performance of our method is comparable to the best covert-attention brain-computer interfaces to date, and has several advantages: no movement other than pupil-size change is required; no physical contact is required (i.e. no electrodes); it is easy to use; and it is reliable. Potential applications include: communication with totally locked-in patients, training of sustained attention, and ultra-secure password input.
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