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Predicting Properties of Cognitive Pupillometry in Human–Computer Interaction: A Preliminary Investigation

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Information Systems and Neuroscience

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation ((LNISO,volume 25))

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This paper aims to investigate the predictive property of pupil dilation in an IT-related task. Previous work in the field of cognitive pupillometry has established that pupil size is associated with cognitive load. We conducted a within-subject experiment with 22 children aged between 7 and 9. For the hard questions, visit duration, pupil size and its quadratic effect were significant predictors. We discuss the potential of using this unobtrusive approach for neuro-adaptive and auto-adaptive applications.

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  1. HEC Montréal, QC, Canada

    Pierre-Majorique Léger & Sylvain Sénécal

  2. Université du Québec à Montréal, QC, Canada

    Patrick Charland & Stéphane Cyr

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  1. Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences (ISQS), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA

    Fred D. Davis

  2. University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Steyr, Oberösterreich, Austria

    René Riedl

  3. Department of Information Systems, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

    Jan vom Brocke

  4. Department of Information Technology, HEC Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Pierre-Majorique Léger

  5. Department of Information Systems, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA

    Adriane B. Randolph

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Léger, PM., Charland, P., Sénécal, S., Cyr, S. (2018). Predicting Properties of Cognitive Pupillometry in Human–Computer Interaction: A Preliminary Investigation. In: Davis, F., Riedl, R., vom Brocke, J., Léger, PM., Randolph, A. (eds) Information Systems and Neuroscience. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, vol 25. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67431-5_14

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