A Review of the Use of Gaze and Pupil Metrics to Assess Mental Workload in Gamified and Simulated Sensorimotor Tasks
Gaze and pupil metrics are used to represent higher cognitive processes in a variety of contexts. One growing area of research is the real-time assessment of workload and corresponding effort in gamified or simulated cognitive and motor tasks, which will be reviewed in this paper. While some measure...
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| author | Holly Gorin Jigna Patel Qinyin Qiu Alma Merians Sergei Adamovich Gerard Fluet |
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| description | Gaze and pupil metrics are used to represent higher cognitive processes in a variety of contexts. One growing area of research is the real-time assessment of workload and corresponding effort in gamified or simulated cognitive and motor tasks, which will be reviewed in this paper. While some measurements are consistent across studies, others vary and are likely dependent on the nature of the effort required by the task and the resulting changes in arousal. Pupil diameter is shown to consistently increase with task effort and arousal; however, the valence of arousal must be considered. In many cases, measures of pupil diameter were sensitive to both excessive and insufficient challenge. Overall, it is evident that gaze and pupil metrics are valuable to assess the cognitive state during gamified and simulated tasks, and further research is indicated regarding their use in clinical populations in rehabilitation to inform optimally engaging interventions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3834042d3266404fb0f391a2ef296dca2024-03-27T14:03:41ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202024-03-01246175910.3390/s24061759A Review of the Use of Gaze and Pupil Metrics to Assess Mental Workload in Gamified and Simulated Sensorimotor TasksHolly Gorin0Jigna Patel1Qinyin Qiu2Alma Merians3Sergei Adamovich4Gerard Fluet5Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences Department, Rutgers School of Health Professions, Newark, NJ 07107, USARehabilitation and Movement Sciences Department, Rutgers School of Health Professions, Newark, NJ 07107, USARehabilitation and Movement Sciences Department, Rutgers School of Health Professions, Newark, NJ 07107, USARehabilitation and Movement Sciences Department, Rutgers School of Health Professions, Newark, NJ 07107, USARehabilitation and Movement Sciences Department, Rutgers School of Health Professions, Newark, NJ 07107, USARehabilitation and Movement Sciences Department, Rutgers School of Health Professions, Newark, NJ 07107, USAGaze and pupil metrics are used to represent higher cognitive processes in a variety of contexts. One growing area of research is the real-time assessment of workload and corresponding effort in gamified or simulated cognitive and motor tasks, which will be reviewed in this paper. While some measurements are consistent across studies, others vary and are likely dependent on the nature of the effort required by the task and the resulting changes in arousal. Pupil diameter is shown to consistently increase with task effort and arousal; however, the valence of arousal must be considered. In many cases, measures of pupil diameter were sensitive to both excessive and insufficient challenge. Overall, it is evident that gaze and pupil metrics are valuable to assess the cognitive state during gamified and simulated tasks, and further research is indicated regarding their use in clinical populations in rehabilitation to inform optimally engaging interventions.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/6/1759cognitive workloadcognitive effortoculometricspupillometry |
| spellingShingle | Holly Gorin Jigna Patel Qinyin Qiu Alma Merians Sergei Adamovich Gerard Fluet A Review of the Use of Gaze and Pupil Metrics to Assess Mental Workload in Gamified and Simulated Sensorimotor Tasks Sensors cognitive workload cognitive effort oculometrics pupillometry |
| title | A Review of the Use of Gaze and Pupil Metrics to Assess Mental Workload in Gamified and Simulated Sensorimotor Tasks |
| title_full | A Review of the Use of Gaze and Pupil Metrics to Assess Mental Workload in Gamified and Simulated Sensorimotor Tasks |
| title_fullStr | A Review of the Use of Gaze and Pupil Metrics to Assess Mental Workload in Gamified and Simulated Sensorimotor Tasks |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review of the Use of Gaze and Pupil Metrics to Assess Mental Workload in Gamified and Simulated Sensorimotor Tasks |
| title_short | A Review of the Use of Gaze and Pupil Metrics to Assess Mental Workload in Gamified and Simulated Sensorimotor Tasks |
| title_sort | review of the use of gaze and pupil metrics to assess mental workload in gamified and simulated sensorimotor tasks |
| topic | cognitive workload cognitive effort oculometrics pupillometry |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/6/1759 |
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