ReviewAttention, perception & psychophysics2021
Avoiding potential pitfalls in visual search and eye-movement experiments: A tutorial review.
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- Associations between attentional disengagement from distressed infant faces and cortisol reactivity are moderated by depressive symptoms in pregnant women: an eye-tracking study.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- Visual search for people wearing protective clothing in a forestial environment - Differences between gaze and behavior.PloS one · 2026Article
- Information sampling differences supporting superior face identity processing ability.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2025Article
- The fundamentals of eye tracking part 2: From research question to operationalization.Behavior research methods · 2025Article
- The fundamentals of eye tracking part 1: The link between theory and research question.Behavior research methods · 2024Article
- Planning to revisit: Neural activity in refixation precursors.Journal of vision · 2023Article
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Abstract
Examining eye-movement behavior during visual search is an increasingly popular approach for gaining insights into the moment-to-moment processing that takes place when we look for targets in our environment. In this tutorial review, we describe a set of pitfalls and considerations that are important for researchers - both experienced and new to the field - when engaging in eye-movement and visual search experiments. We walk the reader through the research cycle of a visual search and eye-movement experiment, from choosing the right predictions, through to data collection, reporting of methodology, analytic approaches, the different dependent variables to analyze, and drawing conclusions from patterns of results. Overall, our hope is that this review can serve as a guide, a talking point, a reflection on the practices and potential problems with the current literature on this topic, and ultimately a first step towards standardizing research practices in the field.
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