A Novel Technique to Develop Cognitive Models for Ambiguous Image Identification Using Eye Tracker

Abstract

Human behavior can be analyzed using Eye tracker. Thus, it is used for revealing the cognitive processes for object identification. Cognitive process is the mental ability for identification of what our eyes see. Vision with 20/20 sometimes may not reveal the purpose. In this study, ambiguous images are taken to observe the cognitive process in participants. During the perception of an object, a participant uses goal-directed search for identifying various objects. Dense gaze coordinates provide the region of interests and are considered as the target regions for object identification in ambiguous images. These data are used to develop cognitive models for identification of ambiguous images. Features such as, eye fixation, pupil diameter, fixation durations, moments of inertia, and polar moments are used for developing the cognitive model. Three different feature selection methods along with six different classifiers are used for the task of classification. The selection of a subset of features using hypothesis testing performed well, compared to principal component analysis based dimensionality reduction method. This study could be used in detecting whether a participants is lying or not while perceiving an ambiguous image.