TY - GEN
T1 - A Field Dependence-Independence Perspective on Eye Gaze Behavior within Affective Activities
AU - Fidas, Christos
AU - Belk, Marios
AU - Constantinides, Christodoulos
AU - Constantinides, Argyris
AU - Pitsillides, Andreas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Evidence suggests that human cognitive differences affect users’ visual behavior within various tasks and activities. However, a human cognitive processing perspective on the interplay between visual and affective aspects remains up-to-date understudied. In this paper, we aim to investigate this relationship by adopting an accredited cognitive style framework (Field Dependence-Independence – FD-I) and provide empirical evidence on main interaction effects between human cognition and emotional processing towards eye gaze behavior. For doing so, we designed and implemented an eye tracking study (n = 22) in which participants were initially classified according to their FD-I cognitive processing characteristics, and were further exposed to a series of images, which triggered specific emotional valence. Analysis of results yield that affective images had a different effect on FD and FI users in terms of visual information exploration time and comprehension, which was reflected on eye gaze metrics. Findings highlight a hidden and rather unexplored effect between human cognition and emotions towards eye gaze behavior, which could lead to a more holistic and comprehensive approach in affective computing.
AB - Evidence suggests that human cognitive differences affect users’ visual behavior within various tasks and activities. However, a human cognitive processing perspective on the interplay between visual and affective aspects remains up-to-date understudied. In this paper, we aim to investigate this relationship by adopting an accredited cognitive style framework (Field Dependence-Independence – FD-I) and provide empirical evidence on main interaction effects between human cognition and emotional processing towards eye gaze behavior. For doing so, we designed and implemented an eye tracking study (n = 22) in which participants were initially classified according to their FD-I cognitive processing characteristics, and were further exposed to a series of images, which triggered specific emotional valence. Analysis of results yield that affective images had a different effect on FD and FI users in terms of visual information exploration time and comprehension, which was reflected on eye gaze metrics. Findings highlight a hidden and rather unexplored effect between human cognition and emotions towards eye gaze behavior, which could lead to a more holistic and comprehensive approach in affective computing.
KW - Cognitive processing styles
KW - Eye tracking
KW - Global and local processing
KW - Human emotions
KW - Individual differences
KW - User study
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85115062816&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-85623-6_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-85623-6_6
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85115062816
SN - 9783030856229
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 63
EP - 72
BT - Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2021 - 18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Proceedings
A2 - Ardito, Carmelo
A2 - Lanzilotti, Rosa
A2 - Malizia, Alessio
A2 - Malizia, Alessio
A2 - Petrie, Helen
A2 - Piccinno, Antonio
A2 - Desolda, Giuseppe
A2 - Inkpen, Kori
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2021
Y2 - 30 August 2021 through 3 September 2021
ER -