Pupil Diameter Does Not Correlate with Fixation Duration - or Does It?

Arnt Lykke Jakobsen, Michael Carl, Jakob Elming

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    Abstract

    A number of pupillometric studies have suggested that dynamic differences in pupil diameter correlate with dierent levels of cognitive intensity or excitement. Other studies have suggested a similar correlation between fixation duration and cognitive effort. Since both methodologies for hypothesizing about cognitive effort are contested, we examined if the two measures co-vary in eye-tracked observations of translators while performing a translation or text-revision task.
    A plot representation of pupil diameter measurements inserted in a progression graph showing a participant's gaze path while translating/revising indicated that diameter size pulsates regularly throughout such tasks, with peaks occurring task initially, before final revision, and, occasionally, during the drafting phase, typically at intervals with no typing activity. From the point of view of validating the two microbehavioural methodologies, the most interesting result was establishing whether or not the pupil diameter of translators and revisers co-varies systematically with fixation duration, such that the occurrence of larger-than-average pupil diameters correlates with longer-than-average fixations, regardless of what linguistic material they
    are fixations of.
    We tested the assumption on six recordings of translation sessions in three different experiments, all of which are available in the CBS database of translation and postediting process recordings.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TitelBook of Abstracts : 17th European Conference on Eye Movemement, 11-16 August 2013, Lund, Sweden
    RedaktørerKenneth Holmqvist, Fiona Mulvey , Roger Johansson
    UdgivelsesstedLund
    ForlagLund University
    Publikationsdato14 aug. 2013
    Sider418
    StatusUdgivet - 14 aug. 2013
    Begivenhed17th European Conference on Eye Movements. 2013 - Lund University, Lund, Sverige
    Varighed: 11 aug. 201316 aug. 2013
    Konferencens nummer: 17
    http://ecem2013.eye-movements.org/

    Konference

    Konference17th European Conference on Eye Movements. 2013
    Nummer17
    LokationLund University
    Land/OmrådeSverige
    ByLund
    Periode11/08/201316/08/2013
    Internetadresse
    NavnJournal of Eye Movement Research
    Nummer3
    Vol/bind6
    ISSN1995-8692

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