Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States.
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
Adv Child Dev Behav. 2022;62:61-91. doi: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2021.11.001. Epub 2022 Jan 20.
Head-mounted eye tracking is a new method that allows researchers to catch a glimpse of what infants and children see during naturalistic activities. In this chapter, we review how mobile, wearable eye trackers improve the construct validity of important developmental constructs, such as visual object experiences and social attention, in ways that would be impossible using screen-based eye tracking. Head-mounted eye tracking improves ecological validity by allowing researchers to present more realistic and complex visual scenes, create more interactive experimental situations, and examine how the body influences what infants and children see. As with any new method, there are difficulties to overcome. Accordingly, we identify what aspects of head-mounted eye-tracking study design affect the measurement quality, interpretability of the results, and efficiency of gathering data. Moreover, we provide a summary of best practices aimed at allowing researchers to make well-informed decisions about whether and how to apply head-mounted eye tracking to their own research questions.
头戴式眼动追踪是一种新方法，可让研究人员一瞥婴幼儿在自然活动中看到的内容。在本章中，我们回顾了移动、可穿戴眼动追踪器如何以使用屏幕眼动追踪不可能的方式，提高视觉物体体验和社会注意力等重要发展结构的构建效度。头戴式眼动追踪通过允许研究人员呈现更逼真和复杂的视觉场景、创造更具互动性的实验情境以及研究身体如何影响婴幼儿所看到的内容，提高了生态有效性。与任何新方法一样，都存在需要克服的困难。因此，我们确定了哪些头戴式眼动追踪研究设计方面会影响测量质量、结果的可解释性以及数据收集的效率。此外，我们提供了最佳实践的总结，旨在让研究人员能够就是否以及如何将头戴式眼动追踪应用于自己的研究问题做出明智的决策。
