What Paradigms Can Webcam Eye-Tracking Be Used For? Attempted Replications of Five Cognitive Science Experiments

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作者：

James, Ariel N. ^{[1
]}

Ryskin, Rachel ^{[2
]}

Hartshorne, Joshua K. ^{[3
]}

Backs, Haylee ^{[4
]}

Bala, Nandeeta ^{[4
]}

Barcenas-Meade, Laila ^{[4
]}

Bhattarai, Samata ^{[4
]}

Charles, Tessa ^{[4
]}

Copoulos, Gerasimos ^{[4
]}

Coss, Claire ^{[4
]}

Eisert, Alexander ^{[4
]}

Furuhashi, Elena ^{[4
]}

Ginell, Keara ^{[4
]}

Guttman-McCabe, Anna ^{[4
]}

Harrison, Emma ^{[4
]}

Hoban, Laura ^{[4
]}

Hwang, William A. ^{[4
]}

Iannetta, Claire ^{[4
]}

Koenig, Kristen M. ^{[4
]}

Lo, Chauncey ^{[4
]}

Palone, Victoria ^{[4
]}

Pepitone, Gina ^{[4
]}

Ritzau, Margaret ^{[4
]}

Sung, Yi Hua ^{[4
]}

Thompson, Lauren ^{[4
]}

de Leeuw, Joshua R. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Macalester Coll, Psychol Dept, St Paul, MN USA

[2] Univ Calif Merced, Cognit & Informat Sci, Merced, CA USA

[3] MGH Inst Hlth Profess, Commun Sci & Disorders, Boston, MA USA

[4] Vassar Coll, Cognit Sci Dept, Poughkeepsie, NY USA

来源：

COLLABRA-PSYCHOLOGY | 2025年 / 11卷 / 01期

关键词：

eye-tracking; online; webcam; !text type='js']js[!/text]Psych; cognitive science; MOVEMENTS; INFORMATION; MEMORY; !text type='JAVA']JAVA[!/text]SCRIPT; LANGUAGE; SCENES; BIASES;

D O I：

10.1525/collabra.140755

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Web-based data collection allows researchers to recruit large and diverse samples with fewer resources than lab-based studies require. Recent innovations have expanded the set of methodolgies that are possible online, but ongoing work is needed to test the suitability of web-based tools for various research paradigms. Here, we focus on webcam-based eye-tracking; we tested whether the results of five different eye-tracking experiments in the cognitive psychology literature would replicate in a webcam-based format. Specifically, we carried out five experiments by integrating two javascript-based tools: jsPsych and a modified version of Webgazer.js. In order to represent a wide range of applications of eye-tracking to cognitive psychology, we chose two psycholinguistic experiments, two memory experiments, and a decision-making experiment. These studies also varied in the type of eye-tracking display, including screens split into halves (Exps. 3 and 5) or quadrants (Exps. 2 and 4), or composed scenes with regions of interest that varied in size (Exp. 1). Outcomes were mixed. The least successful replication attempt was Exp. 1; we did not obtain a condition effect in our remote sample (1a), nor in an in-lab follow-up (1b). However, the other four experiments were more successful, replicating a blank-screen effect (Exp. 2), a novelty preference (Exp. 3), a verb bias effect (Exp. 4), and a gaze-bias effect in decision-making (Exp. 5). These results suggest that webcam-based eye-tracking can be used to detect a variety of cognitive phenomena, including those with sensitive time, although paradigms that require high spatial resolution (like Exp. 1) should be adapted to coarser quadrant or split-half displays.

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