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Experimental Psychology (Russia)
2015. Vol. 8, no. 1, 127–144
ISSN: 2072-7593 / 2311-7036 (online)

Principles of construction of open-source software for oculography data analysis

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P.A. Marmalyuk, A.V. Zhegallo, G.A. Yuryev, A.S. Panfilova

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Abstract

An overview of existing proprietary and open source software for oculography data analysis is presented which briefly discuss the advantages and disadvantages of existing solutions. The urgency of developing a new system which is free of specified drawbacks is discussed. A concept and design of an open source software system for analysis of oculography data obtained using videooculography hardware systems are proposed. Specific features of the system being developed are outlined, in particular, an open source code, a principle of modularity (expandability) and a principle of object-orientation.

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Keywords: eye movements, software, eye tracking, R programming language, psychological experiment’s data analysis

Journal rubric: Tools

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Marmalyuk P.A., Zhegallo A.V., Yuryev G.A., Panfilova A.S. Principles of construction of open-source software for oculography data analysis. Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2015. Vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 127–144. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Pavel A. Marmalyuk, PhD in Engineering, Head of the Laboratory of Psychology and Applied Software, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, associate professor, Department of Information Technologies, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: ykk.mail@gmail.com

Alexander V. Zhegallo, PhD in Psychology, Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Systems Research of the Psyche, Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Researcher at the Center for Experimental Psychology of MSUPE, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5307-0083, e-mail: zhegalloav@ipran.ru

Grigory A. Yuryev, PhD in Physics and Matematics, Associate Professor, Head of Department of the Computer Science Faculty, Leading Researcher, Youth Laboratory Information Technologies for Psychological Diagnostics, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2960-6562, e-mail: g.a.yuryev@gmail.com

Anastasya S. Panfilova, PhD in Engineering, Researcher, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1892-5901, e-mail: panfilova87@gmail.com

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