Fundamentals of Pupillary Measures and Eye Tracking

Frank M. Marchak, PhDVeridical Research and Design Corporation

Stuart R. Steinhauer, PhDUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Society for Psychophysiological ResearchSeptember 14 2011

Workshop Goals

• Introduction to the theoretical and practical factors of collecting and analyzing pupillary and gaze data

• Overview of anatomy and physiology of the pupil and eye movements

• Data collection procedures• Data analysis methodologies• Hands-on data collection

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Agenda

• Pupillary Physiology• Pupillary Recording• Analysis of Pupillary Data• Eye Movement Physiology• Eye Movement Recording• Analysis of Eye Movement Data• Hands-on Exercises

– Equipment provided by SensoMotoric Instruments

• Questions and Conclusions