Measuring the task-evoked pupillary response with a remote eye tracker

The pupil-measuring capability of video eye trackers can detect the task-evoked pupillary response: subtle changes in pupil size which indicate cognitive load. We performed several experiments to measure cognitive load using a remote video eye tracker, which demonstrate two extensions to current research in this area. First, we show that cognitive pupillometry can be extended from headmounted to remote eye tracking systems. Second, we demonstrate the feasibility of a more fine-grained approach to analyzing pupil size data gathered with an eye tracker, which provides more detail about the timing and magnitude of changes in cognitive load.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: ETRA
• Authors: Jeff Klingner, Rakshit Kumar, Pat Hanrahan
• Keywords: Biometrics, Cognitive Load, ETRA 2008, Pupil Size, Video Eye Tracker