Category Archives: Eye tracker

Brain Rewards Us for Looking at Pretty Faces

Posted on February 11, 2014 by diplopi

You probably saw dozens of people’s faces today, many more if you live in a city. You may not have been conscious of it, but you were subtly judging every one by its beauty. Your eyes are drawn to more … Continue reading →

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What Caricatures Can Teach Us About Facial Recognition

Posted on January 25, 2014 by diplopi

“To better identify and remember people, we turn them into caricatures,” Wired reporter Ben Austen writes in “What Caricatures Can Teach Us About Facial Recognition”. The story explores our incredible aptitude for distinguishing one visage from another by focusing on each punim’s … Continue reading →

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With an Eye Tracker Autism Symptoms Can Be Seen in Babies

Posted on November 7, 2013 by diplopi

Children with autism make less eye contact than others of the same age, an indicator that is used to diagnose the developmental disorder after the age of two years. But a paper published today (November 6, 2013) in Nature reports that infants … Continue reading →

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A Cars Curves and a Womans Body

Posted on October 3, 2013 by diplopi

Today I have been working with the eye tracker. And even though I will be working with face perception when using the eye tracker during this semester, its interesting to see where the eyes lingers in other fields of expertise. … Continue reading →

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Windows to the Soul – Eye Tracking and the Brain

Posted on September 6, 2013 by diplopi

This is a pretty old clip, but it shows in essence what an eye tracker does. As a researcher I need to analyze how my participants process visual information when they look at images I present to them. With eye tracking … Continue reading →

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