ArticleNature communications2019
Digit-tracking as a new tactile interface for visual perception analysis.
Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05784623 (DIGICOG-start), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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DIGICOG-start: Intérêt et faisabilité de la Technique de DIGItracking Pour Diagnostiquer précocement Les Troubles de la COGnition au Cours de la Vie
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Digit-tracking reveals curiosity-driven visual attention in macaque monkeys.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Examining the Link Between Social Affect and Visual Exploration of Cute Stimuli in Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
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- A new method for community-based intelligent screening of early Alzheimer's disease populations based on digital biomarkers of the writing process.Frontiers in computational neuroscience · 2025Article
- Preliminary results of the EPIDIA4Kids study on brain function in children: multidimensional ADHD-related symptomatology screening using multimodality biometry.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Cost and benefit of parafoveal information during reading acquisition as revealed by finger movement patterns.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Research on a New Intelligent and Rapid Screening Method for Depression Risk in Young People Based on Eye Tracking Technology.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Assessing the allocation of attention during visual search using digit-tracking, a calibration-free alternative to eye tracking.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The EPIDIA4Kids protocol for a digital epidemiology study on brain functioning in children, based on a multimodality biometry tool running on an unmodified tablet.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Reading Behaviors through Patterns of Finger-Tracking in Italian Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- An Easily Compatible Eye-tracking System for Freely-moving Small Animals.Neuroscience bulletin · 2022Article
- Deep learning predicts boiling heat transfer.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Eye-tracking is a valuable tool in cognitive science for measuring how visual processing resources are allocated during scene exploration. However, eye-tracking technology is largely confined to laboratory-based settings, making it difficult to apply to large-scale studies. Here, we introduce a biologically-inspired solution that involves presenting, on a touch-sensitive interface, a Gaussian-blurred image that is locally unblurred by sliding a finger over the display. Thus, the user's finger movements provide a proxy for their eye movements and attention. We validated the method by showing strong correlations between attention maps obtained using finger-tracking vs. conventional optical eye-tracking. Using neural networks trained to predict empirically-derived attention maps, we established that identical high-level features hierarchically drive explorations with either method. Finally, the diagnostic value of digit-tracking was tested in autistic and brain-damaged patients. Rapid yet robust measures afforded by this method open the way to large scale applications in research and clinical settings.
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