{"id":195,"date":"2014-10-28T19:21:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T19:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:04:25","slug":"eye-tracking-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/eye-tracking-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye-tracking Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/JKP-151015-7294.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-415 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/JKP-151015-7294-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of computer screen showing eyetracking in use\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/JKP-151015-7294-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/JKP-151015-7294-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-408 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/JKP-151015-7230-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of the eye tracking lab being used\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/JKP-151015-7230-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/JKP-151015-7230-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-436 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/JKP-151015-7294c-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Zoomed in shot of the eye tracking in use\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/JKP-151015-7294c-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/JKP-151015-7294c-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Lancaster\u00a0Linguistics\u00a0Eye-tracking Lab<\/strong> is based in the <a class=\"nounderline\" href=\"http:\/\/ling.lancs.ac.uk\/\">Department of Linguistics and English Language<\/a> at <a class=\"nounderline\" href=\"http:\/\/lancs.ac.uk\/\">Lancaster University<\/a> and is dedicated to research that makes use of eye-tracking as part of\u00a0its methodology. Our facilities are used by staff, as well as by PhD students working in the areas of language testing, second language acquisition, and psycholinguistics.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Eye-tracking Lab hosts speakers and reading groups via the <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Language Testing Research Group<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/groups\/sllat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Second Language Learning and Teaching Research Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Projects<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Have a look at our research projects involving eye-tracking!<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>A number of <a title=\"Staff eye-tracking research\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/eye-tracking-lab\/staff-eye-tracking-research\/\">staff projects<\/a> and\u00a0<a title=\"Student eye-tracking research\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/eye-tracking-lab\/students-eye-tracking-research\/\">PhD student projects<\/a> in the areas of language testing, second language acquisition, and psycholinguistics make use of eye-tracking as part of their methodology.<\/p>\n<h2>Facilities<\/h2>\n<p>Our facilities include a\u00a0Tobii Desktop TX300 eye-tracker which has a high sampling rate and tolerance of large head movements,\u00a0and a Tobii mobile eye tracker X2-60 which can easily be used out of the lab. We also have E-prime software for computerised experiment design.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_247\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/IMG_0580.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-247\" class=\"wp-image-247\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/IMG_0580-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tobii Desktop TX300\" width=\"251\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tobii TX300<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_248\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/IMG_0584.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248\" class=\"wp-image-248\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/IMG_0584-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tobii mobile eye tracker X2-60\" width=\"251\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tobii X2-60<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_282\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/image.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"wp-image-282\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/image-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Tobii mobile eye tracker X2-60\" width=\"251\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tobii X2-60<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Conferences<\/h2>\n<h3>Colloquium on eye-tracking and other methodological advances<\/h3>\n<p>On 31st August 2017, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ling.lancs.ac.uk\/profiles\/marije-michel\">Marije Michel<\/a> (Lancaster University) and Andrea R\u00e9v\u00e9sz (IoE, University College London) organized the <strong>Colloquium &#8216;Methodological advances in investigating L2 writing processes&#8217;<\/strong> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/celm-eurosla27\/\">EuroSLA<\/a> conference in Reading (UK). The colloquium included the following presentations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Deployable concurrent eye tracking and keystroke logging technology for<\/div>\n<div>research into L2 writing processes (Evgeny Chukharev-Hudilainen &amp; Aysel Sar\u0131cao\u011flu)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>The role of task complexity in writing processes: Evidence from key-stroke<\/div>\n<div>logging and automatic text analyses (Jongbong Lee)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Understanding CALF development by examining writers\u2019 processes: Evidence from keystroke logging and stimulated recall (Jungmin Lim, Magda Tigchelaar, &amp; Charlene Polio)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Triangulating keystroke-logging, eye-tracking and stimulated recall to explore writing processes (Andrea Revesz, Marije Michel &amp; MinJin Lee)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Coding of writing processes in think-aloud protocols (Lena Vasylets &amp; Roger Gilabert)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Looking into attentional processes while writing: Research focus and research instruments (Rosa Manchon)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Eye-tracking Workshop<\/h3>\n<p>On 23rd August 2017,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ling.lancs.ac.uk\/profiles\/marije-michel\">Marije Michel<\/a> (Lancaster University) \u00a0and Breffni O&#8217;Rourke (Trinity College Dublin) gave a workshop on &#8216;Eye-tracking in CMC research: Insights and challenges&#8217;. at the EuroCALL conference in Southampton (UK).<\/p>\n<h3>Eye-tracking Colloquium<\/h3>\n<p>On 18th September 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ling.lancs.ac.uk\/profiles\/marije-michel\">Marije Michel<\/a> (Lancaster University) and Aline Godfroid (Michigan State University) organized the <strong>Colloquium &#8216;Eye-movements during task-based performance: What can we learn?&#8217;<\/strong> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tblt.org\/conferences\/2015\/\">TBLT conference<\/a> in Leuven (Belgium). The colloquium included the following presentations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exploring the visual-dynamic and linguistic conceptualisation traces in task-based performance (Lena Vasylets and Roger Gilabert)<\/li>\n<li>Eye movements during L2 written computer chat interaction (Marije Michel &amp; Bryan Smith)<\/li>\n<li>The effect of different types of glosses on learners&#8217; intake of new words during reading (Frank Boers, Paul Warren, Anna Siyanova, and Gina Grimshaw)<\/li>\n<li>Cognitive processing during reading-test completion: Insights from eye tracking (Tineke Brunfaut &amp; Gareth McCray)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/TBLTsymposium2015_IMG_1252a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-420 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/TBLTsymposium2015_IMG_1252a-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"photo from the TBLT symposium 2015\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/TBLTsymposium2015_IMG_1252a-300x207.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/TBLTsymposium2015_IMG_1252a-1024x708.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Eye-tracking Research Day<\/h3>\n<p>On 18th June 2015, we held an <strong>Eye Tracking Research <\/strong>day, together with CRELLA (University of Bedfordshire). The organizers were Stephen Bax (CRELLA) &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ling.lancs.ac.uk\/profiles\/tineke-brunfaut\">Tineke Brunfaut<\/a> (Lancaster University). The research day included the following talks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cognitive processes in reading (Safia Sheraz)<\/li>\n<li>Attentional processing of input in different input conditions: an eye tracking study (Bimali Indrarathne and Judit Kormos)<\/li>\n<li>Cognitive processes in reading-into writing tasks (Nicola Latimer)<\/li>\n<li>Eye movements during L2 written computer chat interaction (Marije Michel)<\/li>\n<li>Modelling L2 reading proficiency using eye-tracking measures (Tineke Brunfaut and Gareth McCray)<\/li>\n<li>Reading processes in GEPT reading tests (Sathena Chan and Stephen Bax)<\/li>\n<li>Stimulated-recall interviews and eye tracking (Nathanial Owen)<\/li>\n<li>Computer Science: two projects (Haiming Liu and Asad Ullah)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-357 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/image1-e1434728944127-1024x555.jpg\" alt=\"photo from the Eye Tracking Research day 2015\" width=\"700\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/image1-e1434728944127-1024x555.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/ltrg\/files\/2014\/10\/image1-e1434728944127-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 The Lancaster\u00a0Linguistics\u00a0Eye-tracking Lab is based in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University and is dedicated to research that makes use of eye-tracking as part of\u00a0its methodology. Our facilities are used by staff, as well as by PhD students working in the areas of language testing, second language acquisition, and psycholinguistics. 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