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Eleni Nasiopoulos¹, Evan F Risko, Tom Foulsham

¹Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

British Journal of Psychology (London, England : 1953)

|July 22, 2014

Summary

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Wearing an eye tracker temporarily alters behavior prosocially. This effect fades quickly when attention shifts but can be reactivated, impacting research and wearable technology use.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Human-Computer Interaction
Social Neuroscience

Background:

Eye-tracking technology influences user behavior, potentially affecting research on attention.
Wearable computing raises privacy concerns due to potential behavioral modifications.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the duration and persistence of the prosocial behavioral effect induced by eye trackers.
To determine if the prosocial effect of eye trackers is sustained or transient.

Main Methods:

Participants wore an eye tracker, and their looking behavior was monitored.
The study assessed behavioral changes within the first 10 minutes of wearing the device.
Attention was manipulated to observe its effect on the prosocial behavior.

Main Results:

The prosocial behavioral effect of wearing an eye tracker diminishes within 10 minutes.
Shifting attention away from the eye tracker abolishes the implied presence effect.
Drawing attention back to the eye tracker easily reactivates the prosocial effect.

Conclusions:

Eye trackers induce a transient social presence effect, not a permanent behavioral change.
This transient effect is good news for researchers using eye trackers for attention studies.
The findings may temper public fears about privacy invasion by wearable computing.