Fink Lauren K, Lange Elke B, Groner Rudolf
University of California, Davis Davis, CA, USA.
J Eye Mov Res. 2019 Feb 15;11(2). doi: 10.16910/jemr.11.2.1.
Though eye-tracking is typically a methodology applied in the visual research domain, recent studies suggest its relevance in the context of music research. There exists a communityof researchers interested in this kind of research from varied disciplinary backgrounds scattered across the globe. Therefore, in August 2017, an international conference was held at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt, Germany,to bring this research community together. The conference was dedicated to the topic of music and eye-tracking, asking the question: what do eye movements, pupil dilation, and blinking activity tell us about musical processing? This special issue is constituted of top-scoring research from the conference and spans a range of music-related topics. From tracking the gaze of performers in musical trios to basic research on how eye movements are affected by background music, the contents of this special issue highlight a variety of experimental approaches and possible applications of eye-tracking in music research.
尽管眼动追踪通常是视觉研究领域所采用的一种方法，但最近的研究表明它在音乐研究背景下具有相关性。全球各地有来自不同学科背景的研究人员对这类研究感兴趣。因此，2017年8月，在德国法兰克福的马克斯·普朗克经验美学研究所召开了一次国际会议，将这个研究群体聚集在一起。该会议致力于音乐与眼动追踪这一主题，提出了这样一个问题：眼睛运动、瞳孔扩张和眨眼活动能告诉我们关于音乐处理的哪些信息？本期特刊由会议中的高分研究组成，涵盖了一系列与音乐相关的主题。从追踪三重奏音乐表演中演奏者的目光，到关于背景音乐如何影响眼睛运动的基础研究，本期特刊的内容突出了眼动追踪在音乐研究中的各种实验方法和可能的应用。
