Preprocessing, AOIs, and Feature Engineering

In eyeprocess: Harmonize Eye-Tracking, Pupillometry, Biometrics, and Psychometric Process Data

knitr::opts_chunk$set(collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>", eval = FALSE)

Declare preprocessing

spec <- preprocess_spec(
  gaze_filter = "median",
  gaze_window = 5,
  pupil_interpolation = "linear",
  pupil_max_gap_ms = 150,
  pupil_filter = "median",
  pupil_window = 5,
  pupil_baseline = "subtract",
  fixation_algorithm = "ivt",
  fixation_parameters = list(velocity_threshold = 30)
)

x <- preprocess_eye(x, spec)

Vendor-produced episodes are retained separately from package-derived episodes through source_algorithm, source_parameters, and derived_by.

Static and dynamic AOIs

x <- register_aois(
  x,
  new_aoi("prompt", x = 0.00, y = 0.00, width = 0.45, height = 1.00),
  new_aoi("options", x = 0.45, y = 0.00, width = 0.55, height = 1.00)
)

x <- assign_aois(x, component = "gaze_samples")
x <- build_aoi_visits(x)

A dynamic AOI is represented by one definition and multiple geometry rows with explicit validity intervals or frame identifiers.

Declared features

fspec <- feature_spec(
  level = "trial_aoi",
  include_post_response = FALSE,
  response_time = TRUE,
  biometrics = TRUE
)

x <- derive_all_features(x, fspec)
features_wide(x)
feature_dictionary(x)

Sensitivity analysis

compare_preprocessing(x, list(raw = preprocess_spec(), filtered = spec))
compare_aoi_definitions(x, list(primary = primary_aois, alternative = alternative_aois))
check_process_leakage(x)
check_feature_level(x)

eyeprocess documentation built on Sept. 28, 2026, 5:08 p.m.