Christoph Klein - Eye Movement Research: An Introduction to its Scientific Foundations and Applications

This interdisciplinary book series addresses research findings and methods in the intersection of the fields of neuroscience, psychology and behavioral economics. At the core of the series is the biological basis of human decision making, including aspects of an economic, cognitive, affective and motivational nature. Contributions from fundamental and applied sciences are equally represented and cover a broad range of scientific work, reaching from mathematical modeling to scholarly introductions into new research disciplines and related methodologies and technologies (e.g. genetics, psychophysiology, brain imaging, computational neuroscience, animal modeling). The book series presents empirical and methodological scientific innovations bridging the gap from brain to behavior. It includes research works in neuroeconomics and neuro-information systems (e.g. human-machine interaction) as well as social, cognitive and affective neuroscience, which aim at enhancing the understanding of human decision making.

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The recording of eye movements is amongst the most versatile methods to study human information processing and behaviour. The range of applications is immense and so is the range of research questions that have been addressed with this method. The eye-tracking community seems to be ever growing and is well represented at conferences or in monographs or handbooks on the science of eye movements.

Despite the growing success of the science of eye movements, it occurred to the editors of this volume that one aspect is conspicuously missing: An introduction to the study of eye movements for beginners in the field, be it Masters or doctoral students, post-docs or professors. Therefore, beginners in eye movement research, but also those who wish to refresh their knowledge or deepen or broaden their understanding of eye movement research, are the target readership of this textbook.

World-leading experts in their respective fields of eye movement research have contributed to this textbook by providing chapters. Additionally, authors, expert reviewers, the editors and a large group of student reviewers have taken care to make the individual chapters didactically accessible to newcomers in this field.

Part I of this textbook is dedicated to the basics of eye movement research and explains the main types of eye movements relevant in this field, including fixation-related eye movements, different types of saccadic eye movements and smooth pursuit. This part also covers the relationship between eye movements and perceptual or attentional processes as well as reading.

Part II explains the methodological versatility of eye movement recordings as a stand-alone or combined technology. After an in-depth introduction to recording techniques, its possibilities and potential pitfalls, two chapters deal with innovative and advanced approaches to model and quantify eye movement data. Further chapters introduce the fields of pupillometric research, the investigation of eye movements in brain imaging, in the field or in research with animals.

Part III of this textbook then provides introductions to the main clinical applications of the eye movement technology in child, adolescent and adult psychiatry, neurology and pharmacology. These chapters illustrate how the investigation of eye movements can identify and help understand deficits and processing biases in psychiatric populations aid the diagnosis of functional impairments in neurological disorders or trace the actions of pharmacological agents in real time.

Finally, Part IV provides examples of industrial applications of the eye movement technology, including its use in marketing research and neuroeconomics, when improving the usability of websites and other products, when investigating vehicle control or as an interface between humans and computers.

Collectively, these chapters provide an insight into the breadth of eye movement research and help the newcomers in these fields in gaining expertise. This volume is the outcome of the work of more than a hundred scientists and students to whom the editors are immensely grateful.

Antoniades, Chrystalina A., Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

Bracewell, Martyn, Schools of Medical Sciences and Psychology, Bangor University, Bangor, UK; Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK

Bremmer, Frank, Department of Neurophysics and Center for Mind, Brain and BehaviorCMBB, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Corr, Philip, School of Arts and Social Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK

Crawford, Trevor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK