Universität Bielefeld - Sonderforschungsbereich 360
Eye-Movement Research and Dialogue Structure
Marc Pomplun, Elke Prestin and Hannes Rieser
The paper reports on eye-tracking research as it has been going on in different
institutions at Bielefeld University. Initially, a short introduction into eye-tracker
technology is given and the two scenarios used in the investigation of agents' behaviour
in task-oriented dialogue are presented: A 2D-setting working with one eye-tracker that
records the visual attention of the instructor, and a 3D-setting using eye-tracking for
the instructor as well as for the constructor. To our knowledge, the 3D-setting is the
first one that has been developed for the investigations of agents' actions in dialogue.
Subsequently, it is shown that the investigation of situated language behaviour can
profit a lot from the application of eye-tracker-technology: We present the results
of three empirical studies, two 2D-studies and one using the 3D-setting. They reveal
interesting interdependencies between focussing, planning, language production and the
organization of larger units in discourse such as sequences of turns.
Postscript-File (~ 2582 k)
Anke Weinberger, 1999-02-08, 1999-02-16