Pre-conference Workshop: ‘Eye-movements in the visual context’
ONLINE – July 7th, 2021
Brief description of the workshop
The workshop will focus on the use of eye-tracking in the visual world. It will address some methodological issues about the experimental design and procedure, and the analysis and interpretation of eye-movements. After a theoretical introduction about the effects of anticipation and prediction in the visual world, a practical session will address some methodological issues in designing an experiment with eye-tracking, and in visualizing and analyzing eye-tracking data.
Theoretical and practical sessions will be held by Francesca Foppolo – Università degli Studi di Milano – Bicocca, Milano (Italy).
Target audience
This workshop is meant for researchers interested in learning how eye-movements can reveal the underlying mechanisms of language processing in visual context, and how to design experiments with eye-tracking. The course material is appropriate for researchers with basic skills in experimental design and some basic statistical skills; some familiarity with R (for statistical analyses and visualization of the data) is advisable (but not necessary). No previous experience with eye-tracking is necessary; no programming experience is required, although familiarity with Experiment Builder, E-Prime or Opensesame might be useful.
Tentative Program
9.30 – 10.00: Welcoming and Introduction
10.00 – 11.30: Anticipation and prediction in the visual world: an overview of the phenomena tested
11.30 – 11.45: Break
11.45 – 13.00: analysis of the experimental paradigms employed in the literature; some methodological considerations.
13.00 – 14.15: Lunch break
14.15 – 15.45: Practical Session: Designing an experiment with eye-tracking in the visual context: methodological issues and practical examples
15.45 – 16.00: Break
16.00 – 17.30: Practical Session: Visualizing and analyzing eye-tracking data in the visual context: the current debate and practical examples
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