Institute for Language Sciences Labs

Cabins

Cabin 5

The eye tracker in cabin 5 is recommended for reading experiments and experiments using the visual world paradigm. This is a desktop mono/binocular device sampling at 250-1000 Hz (SR Research EyeLink 1000).

Technical specs

EyeLink 1000

  • Desktop eye-tracker
  • Accuracy: 0.5 degrees (monocular, remote mode with target sticker) or 0.15-0.5 degrees (monocular/binocular, participant fixated with chin rest)
  • Temporal resolution: 250-500Hz (remote mode with target sticker), or 250-1000 Hz (participant fixated with chin rest)
  • Dark-pupil technology
  • Distance of participant to the screen: 40-70 cm
  • Hardware lives in DOS PC (a.k.a. EyeLink Host PC)

Cabin

  • Single wall booth, one door, small window in door, cooling ceiling;
    Installed by Acoustair B.V., August 2006
  • Reverberation time:
    0.30s at 125Hz
    0.25s at 250Hz
    0.25s at 500Hz
    0.25s at 1000Hz
    0.25s at 2000Hz

    (measured August 2006 according to Dutch standard NEN 5077:1991)

  • Noise reduction from room K.12 to inside cabin:
    37.0dB at 125Hz
    46.0dB at 250Hz
    52.2dB at 500Hz
    48.0dB at 1000Hz
    51.3dB at 2000Hz

    (measured August 2006 according to Dutch standard NEN 5077:1991)

  • Cabin dimensions (internal, empty): width 160 cm, depth 250 cm, height 210 cm
    (cabin width defined as the width of the wall along which the subject desk is placed)
  • Lighting: TL5 HE, standard color 830, direct or indirect illumination of desk;
    after 10 min. warm-up approx. 570 lux direct, approx. 120 lux indirect;
    dimmable from approx. 65 lux (direct) to max.
  • Chair: medical chair Coburg Ray-O-Seat 4045 S-GC

Internal equipment

EyeLink1000 desktop mount

  • EyeLink desktop mount with camera and illuminator (see picture on the right).
  • 21,5″ LCD (TN panel) Iiyama B2283HS (native 1920 x 1080 at 60Hz, response time 2ms), dimensions visible part of the screen are 36 x 27cm
    • Note: the screen will use a non-widescreen resolution (1440×1080) with black bars on the side for optimal tracking performance using the Eyelink 1000.
  • keyboard, mouse, button box (3 buttons)
  • Headphones Beyerdynamic DT250/80
  • Microphone Sennheiser ME-64
  • 2x Active speaker PreSonus Eris W4.5

External equipment

  • Eye-tracker PC containing the EyeLink 1000 hardware
  • 21,5″ LCD (TN panel) Iiyama B2283HS (native 1920 x 1080 at 60Hz, response time 2ms),
  • Dell Precision 3640
    • Intel Core i5-10500 CPU
    • Windows 10 / Ubuntu 20.04
    • RAM 16Gb

Facility

This cabin is part of the Eye-tracking lab.