Using Eye Tracking to Assess Gaze Concentration in Meditation
An important component of Heart Chan Meditation is gaze concentration training. Here, we determine whether eye tracking can be used to assess gaze concentration ability. Study participants (n = 306) were requested to focus their gaze on the innermost of three concentric circles for 1 min while their...
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| description | An important component of Heart Chan Meditation is gaze concentration training. Here, we determine whether eye tracking can be used to assess gaze concentration ability. Study participants (n = 306) were requested to focus their gaze on the innermost of three concentric circles for 1 min while their eye movements were recorded. Results suggest that participants with high scores on gaze concentration accuracy and precision had lower systolic blood pressure and higher sleep quality, suggesting that eye tracking may be effective to assess and train gaze concentration within Heart Chan Meditation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b40fda2a4a545b58007b3d2a3cadf1e2022-12-22T03:19:18ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202019-04-01197161210.3390/s19071612s19071612Using Eye Tracking to Assess Gaze Concentration in MeditationKang-Ming Chang0Miao-Tien Wu Chueh1Department of Photonics and Communication Engineering, Asia University, Taichung 41354, TaiwanSacred Light Heart Chan Association, Taipei 10351, TaiwanAn important component of Heart Chan Meditation is gaze concentration training. Here, we determine whether eye tracking can be used to assess gaze concentration ability. Study participants (n = 306) were requested to focus their gaze on the innermost of three concentric circles for 1 min while their eye movements were recorded. Results suggest that participants with high scores on gaze concentration accuracy and precision had lower systolic blood pressure and higher sleep quality, suggesting that eye tracking may be effective to assess and train gaze concentration within Heart Chan Meditation.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/7/1612Gaze concentrationHeart Chan MeditationEye tracker |
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| title | Using Eye Tracking to Assess Gaze Concentration in Meditation |
| title_full | Using Eye Tracking to Assess Gaze Concentration in Meditation |
| title_fullStr | Using Eye Tracking to Assess Gaze Concentration in Meditation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using Eye Tracking to Assess Gaze Concentration in Meditation |
| title_short | Using Eye Tracking to Assess Gaze Concentration in Meditation |
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| topic | Gaze concentration Heart Chan Meditation Eye tracker |
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