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Beyond eye gaze: What else can eyetracking reveal about cognition and cognitive development?

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Eckstein, Maria K., Guerra-Carrillo, Belén, Miller Singley, Alison T., Bunge, Silvia A.·2017·Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
DOI 10.1016/j.dcn.2016.11.001
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This review provides an introduction to two eyetracking measures that can be used to study cognitive development and plasticity: pupil dilation and spontaneous blink rate. We begin by outlining the rich history of gaze analysis, which can reveal the current focus of attention as well as cognitive strategies. We then turn to the two lesser-utilized ocular measures. Pupil dilation is modulated by the brain's locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system, which controls physiological arousal and attention, and has been used as a measure of subjective task difficulty, mental effort, and neural gain. Spontaneous eyeblink rate correlates with levels of dopamine in the central nervous system, and can reveal processes underlying learning and goal-directed behavior. Taken together, gaze, pupil dilation, and blink rate are three non-invasive and complementary measures of cognition with high temporal resolution and well-understood neural foundations. Here we review the neural foundations of pupil dilation and blink rate, provide examples of their usage, describe analytic methods and methodological considerations, and discuss their potential for research on learning, cognitive development, and plasticity.

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Authors
Eckstein, M. K., Guerra-Carrillo, B., Miller Singley, A. T., & Bunge, S. A.
Venue
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-06
Volume
25
Pages
69-91
ISSN
1878-9293 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.dcn.2016.11.001
OpenAlex
W2556086565
Cited by
686
References
221
FWCI
56.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
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erratum (2020-10-01)
Open access
gold
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  • German Academic Exchange Service Doctoral Scholarship
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
  • James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Science Initiative Scholar Award in Understanding Human Cognition
  • Jacobs Foundation Advanced Career Research Fellowship

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Eckstein, M. K., Guerra-Carrillo, B., Miller Singley, A. T., & Bunge, S. A. (2017). Beyond eye gaze: What else can eyetracking reveal about cognition and cognitive development? Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2016.11.001

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