Wandering eyes: using gaze-tracking method to capture eye fixations in unfamiliar healthcare environments

摘要: ObjectiveThis study aims to investigate the elements of wayfinding in indoor complex healthcare environments.BackgroundThe study replicates Ghamari and Pati’s 2018 study to identify the environmental attributes that attract eye fixation during wayfinding by objectively tracking eye movements and fixation as healthy subjects navigate through a complex, unfamiliar indoor healthcare setting. The study addressed what do people look at while navigating in unfamiliar healthcare environments? What are the relative time periods of eye fixations on different visual environmental elements of the healthcare-designed environments? And what role do visual environmental attributes in healthcare facilities, such as configuration, color, art, directories, maps, furniture, and so on, play during the wayfinding process.MethodTwenty-four adults in different genders and various age groups participated in this study and navigated …