The fundamentals of eye tracking part 4: Tools for conducting an eye tracking study

Diederick C Niehorster; Marcus Nyström; Roy S Hessels; Richard Andersson; Jeroen S Benjamins; Dan Witzner Hansen; Ignace T C Hooge

doi:10.3758/s13428-024-02529-7

The fundamentals of eye tracking part 4: Tools for conducting an eye tracking study

Behav Res Methods. 2025 Jan 6;57(1):46. doi: 10.3758/s13428-024-02529-7.

Authors

Diederick C Niehorster¹, Marcus Nyström², Roy S Hessels³, Richard Andersson⁴, Jeroen S Benjamins⁵, Dan Witzner Hansen⁶, Ignace T C Hooge³

Affiliations

¹ Lund University Humanities Lab and Department of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. [email protected].
² Lund University Humanities Lab, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
³ Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁴ Tobii AB, Danderyd, Sweden.
⁵ Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute & Social, Health and Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁶ Eye Information Laboratory, IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Abstract

Researchers using eye tracking are heavily dependent on software and hardware tools to perform their studies, from recording eye tracking data and visualizing it, to processing and analyzing it. This article provides an overview of available tools for research using eye trackers and discusses considerations to make when choosing which tools to adopt for one's study.

Keywords: Eye tracking; Hardware and; Programming; Software; Tools.

MeSH terms

Eye Movements* / physiology
Eye-Tracking Technology*
Humans
Software*