Use of eye-tracking system to evaluate selective attention in Children with motor difficulties.

Abstract

This study aimed to use the Eye Tracking System to assess selective attention. Researchers applied the Margarita's Test in a pilot study with a non-probabilistic convenience sample (N=30). Participants were schoolchildren aged 8 (15 males and 15 females). The measurement instruments used were the Margarita's and the Tobii Glasses 2 eye-tracking system. The results showed that 37.11% of correct responses were obtained if the first fixation coincided with the motor response. When analyzing the last fixation, the coincidence of fixations and motor response reached 81.3%, of which 77.2 % were correct. These results suggest that the use of the eye-tracking technology, jointly with the Margarita's test, has the potential to evaluate selective attention in children with motor difficulties.

Keywords: The Margarita Test, selective attention, eye tracking, motor disability.

DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1003023