Eye movements
I've been recording eye movements while people watch movies, and while they walk around, interact with other people and even buy a coffee. Below are some example movies showing where people looked during a range of different tasks.
Movies should be viewable on most platforms but older movies use FLV/Flash so might not work on all browsers.
Please contact me for more information about these studies or if you can't see the videos and would like to. These clips are for demonstration and research only so please don't duplicate or share without checking with me first.
Reading a sentence
gazelle_slow.m4vThis example shows the point of fixation (pink circle) of one person reading a sentence. The eye movements are shown at 1/4 of the original speed. Note how the reader makes a regression (looks back) at the unusual word "gazelle".
Viewing a scene
emeg.flvThis clip shows the point of gaze darting around a roadside scene. Fixations tend to cluster on some regions (e.g. pedestrians) more than others.
Watching a scene in "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"
gbufixations.avi.ff.flvIn this clip the eye movements from lots of viewers are overlaid, each coloured dot is a different viewer. We're looking at when and why people converge to look at the same point. Thanks to Elina Birmingham and Dave Coleman for this example.
Walking around UBC campus
walk_eg1.avi.ff.flv(while wearing a mobile eye tracker). Red circle indicates where the walker was looking. Notice the things that attract attention (people, moving objects, the path) and the things that don't.
Looking for an office (and being clumsy)
searching_eg.avi.ff.flvIn this study I gave people different instructions and we're looking at how this affected their visual behaviour.
Being asked questions in an interview
noeyeinterview.flv(Thanks to Megan Freeth and Kaitlin Laidlaw for this example). We're looking at how people interact, how this varies with eye contact from the interviewer, and whether it is related to individual differences in the person.
Looking at a poster
You can check out the way people might behave during a poster session in my 2011 paper in Perception. There is a video example online here.
Making a preference judgement
p1t13.flvp1t15.flvThese examples show a participant's fixations as they chose which of four patterns they liked the most. Can you guess which one they chose in each case?