TY - CPAPER
KW - physical rotation
KW - fixation duration
KW - saccade amplitude
KW - mental rotation
AU - Sven Bertel
AU - Stefanie Wetzel
AB - Recent studies have shown a number of procedural similarities between solving problems in mental and in physical rotation. Such similarities open up the interesting option to study mental rotation indirectly through physical rotation, with the advantage that physical rotation processes can be much more easily observed than mental ones. To better assess where solution processes in mental and physical rotation differ, though, it is important to know what influence any specific interaction method in physical rotation will have. We present results from a comparison of two such interaction methods: a one-handed, touch-based and a two-handed, ball-based method. Our analysis focuses on fixation durations and saccade amplitudes as proxies for mental load. Results show, importantly, that the choice of interaction method seems to matter but little. We therefore suggest that the existing findings of past studies that have compared mental to physical rotation are likely highly comparable, despite the fact that different interaction techniques were used.
BT - ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications
CY - New York, NY, USA
DO - 10.1145/3379156.3391355
N2 - Recent studies have shown a number of procedural similarities between solving problems in mental and in physical rotation. Such similarities open up the interesting option to study mental rotation indirectly through physical rotation, with the advantage that physical rotation processes can be much more easily observed than mental ones. To better assess where solution processes in mental and physical rotation differ, though, it is important to know what influence any specific interaction method in physical rotation will have. We present results from a comparison of two such interaction methods: a one-handed, touch-based and a two-handed, ball-based method. Our analysis focuses on fixation durations and saccade amplitudes as proxies for mental load. Results show, importantly, that the choice of interaction method seems to matter but little. We therefore suggest that the existing findings of past studies that have compared mental to physical rotation are likely highly comparable, despite the fact that different interaction techniques were used.
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
PP - New York, NY, USA
PY - 2020
SN - 9781450371346
T2 - ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications
TI - Comparing Eye Movements Between Physical Rotation Interaction Techniques
UR - https://doi.org/10.1145/3379156.3391355
ER -