Eye Tracking: Psycholinguistics
This course will describe the dominant eye tracking paradigms used by researchers interested in reading and spoken language comprehension. It will cover how to use Experiment Builder to program standard sentence reading tasks, and create interest areas at the letter, word, phrase and sentence levels. It will also include detailed explanations of how to use Data Viewer to derive and interpret standard reading measures such as first fixation duration, regression path duration etc. The course will also cover the implementation of more advanced reading tasks, such as gaze-contingent windows / masks, and boundary triggered changes.
In recent years researchers have begun to appreciate that eye tracking technology can also be used to provide important insights into the cognitive processes involved in language comprehension. The dominant paradigm is referred to as the “Visual World Task” and involves presenting participants with images that they view whilst listening to a sentence. The pattern of gaze over time can provide important clues as to how the spoken language is being parsed in real time. The course will demonstrate how to implement a range of Visual World tasks in Experiment Builder, and how to produce time series (binning) reports in Data Viewer. It is important that participants bring a laptop that has the latest versions of Experiment Builder / Data Viewer installed. Temporary Experiment Builder / Data Viewer software license keys will be provided for people who are not able to bring their own.
Why Study?
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Learn how researchers use eye tracking to gain insights into a range of language processes
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Gain hands on experience in creating a range of reading tasks in Experiment Builder
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Understand the importance of data quality and optimal calibration for reading research
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Learn derive “Standard Reading Measures” using Data Viewer and other tools
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Learn how to create visual world tasks in Experiment Builder, and analyse the data using time series reports from Data Viewer.
Schedule
09:00 - 09:30: Registration / Welcome
09:30 - 09:45: Introduction to eye tracking for language researchers. This session will outline the ways in which language researchers have used eye tracking technology to gain important insights into language processes.
09:45 - 10:30: Set up and Calibration for reading research. This practical session will cover setting up and calibrating participants using the EyeLink 1000 Plus, in both desktop and tower mounts, as well as the Portable Duo. The session will include advice on how to maximise and measure data quality.
10:30 - 11:00: Tea / Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30: Reading Research: A practical introduction to setting up a basic sentence reading tasks in Experiment Builder, using a range of worked examples to explore topics such as creating interest areas at letter, word and sentence levels and adding comprehension questions. The session will also cover the creation of gaze-contingent tasks such as moving window and boundary crossing paradigms.
12:30 - 13:30: Lunch
13:30 - 14:30: Standard Reading Measures. Learn how to use Data Viewer and the “Get Reading Measures” tool to extract a range of common reading measures from sentence and paragraph reading tasks.
14:30 – 15:30: The Visual World Task: Learn how to program a range of visual world tasks. The session will use worked examples, and demonstrate how to extract timing information using audio software.
15:30 - 16:00: Tea / Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00: Time Series Analysis: Using Data Viewer, we will create and interpret time series (binning) reports using data from Visual World tasks.