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ArticleBehavior research methods2026

Systematic classification differences across eye movement detection algorithms.

Jonathan Nir, Leon Y Deouell

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Article in Behavior research methods, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jonathan NirEdmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190401, Jerusalem, Israel. jonathan.nir@mail.huji.ac.il.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-2842-2426
Leon Y DeouellEdmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190401, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6147-5208

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Israel Science Foundation 1902/14Israel Science Foundation 3504/20
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eye movement (EM) detection is a critical step in most eye-tracking (ET) research, typically relying on detectors-specialized algorithms designed to segment raw ET data into discrete oculomotor events. However, variability in detection algorithms and the lack of standardized evaluation frameworks hinder transparency and reproducibility across studies. In this work, we introduce pEYES, an open-source toolkit designed to streamline EM detection and enable robust, quantitative comparisons between detectors. The toolkit provides implementations for several widely used threshold-based detectors, along with multiple standardized evaluation procedures for assessing detection performance. Using pEYES, we evaluated seven detection algorithms on two publicly available human-annotated datasets containing recordings of subjects freely viewing color images. Performance was assessed using metrics such as Cohen's kappa, relative timing offset and deviation, and a sensitivity index (

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AlgorithmsEye MovementsEye-Tracking TechnologyDetection AlgorithmsFixation, OcularHumansReproducibility of ResultsSaccadesAlgorithm evaluationEye movement detectionEye trackingOpen source

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PMID41963708
PMCPMC13068768

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