Transcript TEAM 7: Cognitive Science

TEAM 7: Cognitive
Science
Nevil Abraham, Rachana Balasubramanian, Grace Chen, Saavan Chintalacheruvu,
Rajeshwari Enjeti, Cynthia Guo, Bum Shik Kim, Kang Woo Kim, Emma Leeds, Jessica Mui,
Ellen Wu, Rong Xiang
Background
● Fixation
o Fixation Duration
● Saccade
● Dynamic loop between visual input and
cognition
Table of Contents
1.Line spacing
2.PSA
3.Lying
4.Antisaccade
1. The Effects of Line Spacing
on Eye Movements and
Comprehension
Ellen Wu and Rong Xiang
Introduction
Hypothesis: Increasing line spacing results in increased fixation
duration and thus, increased reading comprehension.
Experimental Design
Read
40 s
Questions
40 s
Break
15 s
Break (15 seconds)
Experimental Design
Group
1
A1
B2
C1
Group 2
A2
B1
C2
Comprehension
Score (%)
Fixation Duration (ms)
Results
Single Spaced
Double Spaced
Spacing
Comprehension Scores (%)
Participant Data
Participants
Fig. 2 The average comprehension scores across all subjects
Discussion
● Lack of correlation between line spacing,
fixation duration, and comprehension
levels
● Future experiments
● Practical application
2. PSA Text Placement
Emma Leeds, Raje Enjeti, Rachana
Balasubramanian, Jessica Mui
PSAs: Public Service Announcements
Hypothesis: Text placement at top would create longer fixations
and thus higher comprehension than if text was at the bottom
Methods
Results
Conclusion
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Eye Movements when Lying
Saavan Chintalacheruvu &
Nevil Abraham
Introduction
● Common notion that eyes focus on top-left when lying
● Some experimental evidence supporting this
Materials & Methods
Results: Average Fixation Duration
● T:360 ± 370 milliseconds
● L: 370 ± 4.0x10^2 milliseconds
● p = 0.468
Possible Errors/Improvement
● Nature of the stimulus
o Why do people lie?
o People usually lie to people
o not a good representation of lying
● Improvement
o Lie to an actual human being
o Give participants a reason to lie
Conclusion
● No correlation within the experiment’s parameters
● However:
o data was highly variable
o results are inconclusive
o must be repeated with improvements
The Antisaccade Task Under
Changing Fixation Points
Grace Chen, Cynthia Guo, Bum
Shik Kim, Kang Woo Kim
What is an antisaccade?
Saccade
● Inhibition of reflexive saccade
● Frontal cortex ability
Antisaccade
Hypotheses
Antisaccade ability will vary with:
1. stationary vs.
moving fixation
point
2. moving in opposite vs.
same direction as cue
vs
vs
Experimental Design
Control
static fixation point
cues appear on L/R
Experimental
moving fixation point
cues appear in same/opposite
direction
30 trials
15 left
64 trials
15 right
32 same
direction
16 left
16
right
32 opposite
direction
16 left
16
right
Analysis of Results
General Conclusions
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Eye patterns remain steady under varied conditions
Moving fixation point reduced antisaccade ability
Dynamic feedback between eyes and cognition
High variability between participants
Acknowledgements
Dr. Minjoon Kouh
Frank Minio
NJ Governor’s School of the Sciences
Dr. Adam Cassano
Dr. Steve Surace
Anna Mae Dinio-Bloch
Bayer Health Care
Independent College Fund of NJ/Johnson &
Johnson
AT&T
Actavis Pharmaceuticals
Celgene
Novartis
Laura (NJGSS ’86) and John Overdeck
NJGSS Alumnae and Parents of Alumnae
Board of Overseers, New Jersey Governor’s
Schools
State of New Jersey
Drew University
and all of NJGSS’s generous sponsors!