Similarities and Differences Between Eye and Mouse Dynamics During Web Pages Exploration

Frontiers in Psychology

Matei Mancas¹  Bernard Gosselin¹  Karine Doré-Mazars²  Thomas Le Bras²  Fabrice Abate²  Alexandre Milisavljevic³ 

[1] Information, Signal and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Numediart Institute, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium;Vision Action Cognition Laboratory, Psychology Institute, Université de Paris, Boulogne-Billancourt, France;Vision Action Cognition Laboratory, Psychology Institute, Université de Paris, Boulogne-Billancourt, France;Information, Signal and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Numediart Institute, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium;Research and Development Department, Sublime Skinz, Paris, France;

关键词: eye movement;    behavior;    computer mouse;    scroll;    web page;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.554595

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The study of eye movements is a common way to non-invasively understand and analyze human behavior. However, eye-tracking techniques are very hard to scale, and require expensive equipment and extensive expertise. In the context of web browsing, these issues could be overcome by studying the link between the eye and the computer mouse. Here, we propose new analysis methods, and a more advanced characterization of this link. To this end, we recorded the eye, mouse, and scroll movements of 151 participants exploring 18 dynamic web pages while performing free viewing and visual search tasks for 20 s. The data revealed significant differences of eye, mouse, and scroll parameters over time which stabilize at the end of exploration. This suggests the existence of a task-independent relationship between eye, mouse, and scroll parameters, which are characterized by two distinct patterns: one common pattern for movement parameters and a second for dwelling/fixation parameters. Within these patterns, mouse and eye movements remained consistent with each other, while the scrolling behaved the opposite way.

【 授权许可】

CC BY