News tagged with eye tracking

Looks do matter, according to new study: Facial disfigurements negatively impact job applicants

People with birthmarks, scars and other facial disfigurements are more likely to receive poor ratings in job interviews, according to a new study by researchers at Rice University and the University of Houston.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In reading facial emotion, context is everything

In a close-up headshot, Serena Williams' eyes are pressed tensely closed; her mouth is wide open, teeth bared. Her face looks enraged. Now zoom out: The tennis star is on the court, racket in hand, fist clenched in victory. ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Changes in brain circuitry play role in moral sensitivity as people grow up

(Medical Xpress) -- People's moral responses to similar situations change as they age, according to a new study at the University of Chicago that combined brain scanning, eye-tracking and behavioral measures ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Pico projector used in eye based video gaming system

(PhysOrg.com) -- Students at the University of Texas in Austen are playing video games. Honestly, that is really not news. Students all over the country are playing video games, usually when they should be studying. In this ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog

Student-developed eye-tracking tablet to help people with disabilities

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's often said the eye is the window to the soul. But in this case, the eye is the window to Windows. At least, that was the goal when EyeTech Digital Systems enlisted the help of some ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

What the doctor prescribes: Customized medical-image databases

Digital archives of biomedical images could someday put critical information at doctors' fingertips within seconds, illustrating how computers can improve the way medicine is practiced. The current reality, however, isn't ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

'You can't hide your lyin' eyes': Eye-tracking lie-detection

Shifty eyes long have been thought to signify a person's problem telling the truth. Now a group of University of Utah researchers are taking that old adage to a new level.

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (8) | comments 2

BYU engineers improve eye-tracking technology that aids the disabled

(PhysOrg.com) -- Eye-tracking technology allows people with disabilities to use their eyes to operate a computer. Imagine moving your eyes to direct the cursor to a link on a Web page. Then you just blink ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Chatty robots, flying alarm clocks at top high-tech fair

Robots that teach Chinese, computers controlled by moving the eyes and flying alarm clocks were among the weird and wonderful gadgets wowing crowds Wednesday at the world's top high-tech fair.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Watching me, watching you

(PhysOrg.com) -- Software that tracks shoppers' eye movements as they browse supermarket shelves may seem a bit Big Brother, but the latest technology in 'eye-tracking', which monitors what grabs a person's ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Eye Movements May Help Detect Autism

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most parents will attest that infants convey their needs and interests in a variety of ways, many times without ever making a sound. For researchers in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cognitive scientists use eye-tracking technology to learn what makes a great geologist

Cognitive scientists, geologists, and vision scientists are teaming up to learn how expert geologists unconsciously view landscapes for clues that point the way to important discoveries. The National Science Foundation has ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Eye-tracking software opens online worlds to people with disabilities (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology that allows gamers to control game functions with only their eyes is helping to open virtual worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft to people with severe motor disabilities.

Technology / Software

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0