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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Mental fatigue arises from cognitively demanding tasks across various fields.
  • Gaze tracking technology is advancing, offering new avenues for research.
  • Smooth-pursuit eye movements have not been previously explored for mental fatigue detection.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of time-on-task and time of day on mental fatigue.
  • To evaluate the feasibility of using smooth-pursuit eye movements to detect mental fatigue.
  • To explore mental fatigue during an eye-typing task with varying cognitive load.

Main Methods:

  • An eye-typing experiment was conducted with 36 participants.
  • Task difficulty was varied to induce cognitive load.
  • Mental fatigue was assessed using self-reported questionnaires and smooth-pursuit eye movement performance metrics derived from gaze data.

Main Results:

  • Self-reported mental fatigue increased significantly with time-on-task.
  • Time of day did not show a significant effect on mental fatigue.
  • Smooth-pursuit movement performance degraded over time, characterized by increased positional error and reduced speed matching.

Conclusions:

  • Smooth-pursuit eye movements show potential as a reliable indicator for detecting mental fatigue.
  • The findings support the use of smooth-pursuit metrics in eye-interactive tasks for real-time mental fatigue assessment.
  • This research opens new possibilities for monitoring cognitive states in demanding operational environments.