Pupil Labs Blog

Most research on infant learning focuses on structured tasks like play or direct interaction, overlooking how learning unfolds during everyday routines. In this digest, we showcase research that used Pupil Core, Pupil Invisible, and Neon wearable eye tracking to study how infants allocate attention across activities like food preparation, free play, and storytelling. The findings reveal what consistently draws infants’ attention, and why it may challenge how we think about early learning.

Evaluating rural beauty often relies on subjective surveys, which capture stated preferences rather than immediate visual engagement. In this study, researchers used Neon wearable eye tracking to compare how viewers perceive different village types, from historical sites to urban-suburban zones. Read the digest to see how gaze metrics like fixation duration and saccade patterns correlate with aesthetic ratings to support evidence-based rural planning.

Disgust is a major barrier to accepting insect-based foods, yet its effect on visual attention remains poorly understood. Using Pupil Invisible eye tracking glasses together with Marker Mapper in Pupil Cloud, researchers measured how people visually explored a realistic buffet containing insect-based and familiar foods. Read the digest to discover why attention does not always follow preference, and what this reveals about curiosity, disgust, and food choice.

Coaches can train technique and fitness, but the visual strategies behind expert performance often remain invisible and hard to measure. With Neon wearable eye tracking, researchers captured how table tennis players allocate attention during real rallies, revealing clear differences in gaze control and predictive looking. Read the full digest to learn which visual behaviors separate experts from novices, and why they might be more trainable than expected.

It turns out that safe navigation isn’t just about instruments or automation. It’s about situational awareness. In our latest Research Digest, we showcase a study comparing expert navigators against trainies using Neon wearable eye tracking system by researchers from Novia University of Applied Sciences and the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute.

Urban planners have long relied on crash statistics to assess safety, but these reactive measures fail to capture the moment-to-moment stress that deters cyclists long before an accident occurs. By combining physiological sensors with Neon eye tracking, researchers have developed a novel framework that correlates gaze behavior, such as blink rate spikes, with environmental triggers to create dynamic "stress maps" of the city. Read the full digest to see how this multimodal approach is transforming real-world biometric data into safer, simulation-based infrastructure design.