• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Fast, Accurate, Reliable Eye Tracking

Fast, Accurate, Reliable Eye Tracking

  • Hardware
    • EyeLink 1000 Plus
    • EyeLink Portable Duo
    • fMRI and MEG Systems
    • EyeLink II
    • Hardware Integration
  • Software
    • Experiment Builder
    • Data Viewer
    • WebLink
    • Software Integration
    • Purchase Licenses
  • Solutions
    • Reading and Language
    • Developmental
    • fMRI and MEG
    • EEG and fNIRS
    • Clinical and Oculomotor
    • Cognitive
    • Usability and Applied
    • Non Human Primate
  • Support
    • Forum
    • Resources
    • Useful Apps
    • Training
  • About
    • About Us
    • EyeLink Publications
    • Events
    • Manufacturing
    • Careers
    • About Eye Tracking
    • Newsletter
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • 简体中文
eye tracking research

Resources

EyeLink Eye Tracker Learning Resources

In addition to our legendary support service, we have a range of resources that will help you get your eye-tracking research running smoothly – from setting up your EyeLink system through creating an eye-tracking task to collecting and analyzing high-quality eye-tracking data. We have listed some key resources in the tabs below. You will need to register with our Support Forum to access many of these resources. All links will work after logging into the support forum in the same browser as this website.

  • Equipment Setup
  • Stimulus Presentation
  • Data Analysis
  • Hardware Integration

Eye Tracker Setup

Setting up your eye tracker correctly is a really important step and is key to ensuring optimal data quality. We have a range of resources on the support forum that will help you set up your eye tracker and become familiar with its use, including quick-start guides and detailed video tutorials.

EyeLink 1000 Plus

EyeLink 1000 Plus Video
  • EyeLink 1000 Plus User Manual and Installation Guide
  • Quick Start Guides (Laptop and Dell Workstation Configurations)
  • Equipment and Participant Setup Videos

EyeLink Portable Duo

EyeLink Duo Video
  • EyeLink Portable Duo User Manual and Installation Guide
  • Quick Start Guides (Laptop and Tripod Mount Configurations)
  • Equipment and Participant Setup Videos

Stimulus Presentation Software

EyeLink systems can interface with a wide range of stimulus presentation software packages, including commercial products such as E-Prime and Presentation, as well as software such as Psychtoolbox, OpenSesame, and PsychoPy. You could even program tasks and control EyeLink systems using Python and other languages. In all cases, the stimulus presentation software can control the eye tracker (e.g., starting and stopping recording), send messages into the data file (e.g., marking stimulus onset or participant response), and receive gaze data during recording over the link (enabling gaze-contingent paradigms). You can of course use our own powerful and intuitive stimulus presentation software – Experiment Builder, which makes programming complex eye-tracking tasks very straightforward.

Experiment Builder

Experiment Builder

SR Research Experiment Builder is our drag-and-drop program for making computer-based psychology and neuroscience experiments. It’s easy to use but incredibly powerful. Experiment Builder can be downloaded and used in evaluation mode for 30 days without a license.

  • Experiment Builder Installers (Windows and macOS)
  • Experiment Builder FAQs
  • Experiment Builder User Manual

Experiment Builder is very easy to learn, and our 12-part video tutorial series is a great place to start. It leads you through Experiment Builder’s key features in the context of a simple Picture-Response eye-tracking experiment. For a detailed overview of the topics covered and to access the video series itself, please visit our Support Forum:

  • Experiment Builder Video Tutorials

We have many webinars that demonstrate features of Experiment Builder in the context of specific eye-tracking tasks or highlight more advanced features:

  • Implementing the Visual World Paradigm in Experiment Builder
  • Implementing the RSVP Paradigm in Experiment Builder
  • Implementing Habituation Procedures in Experiment Builder
  • Implementing the Invisible Boundary Crossing Paradigm in Experiment Builder
  • Implementing Text / Reading Experiments in Experiment Builder
  • How to Build Non-Eye Tracking Experiments in Experiment Builder
  • Implementing the Accumulated Looking Paradigm in Experiment Builder
  • Repeating Blocks Based on Participant Performance in Experiment Builder
  • Performing Different Types of Trials In the Same Experiment in Experiment Builder
  • Randomizing Variables Outside of Data Sources in Experiment Builder
  • Data Source Randomization in Experiment Builder
  • Timing Control in Experiment Builder
  • Integrating EyeLink and EEG / MRI with Experiment Builder
  • Custom Randomization and Basic Custom Class Usage Experiment Builder
  • Recording and Analysing Pupil Data (Pupillometry)
  • Psycholinguistics Studies

Finally, we have a large number of commented experiment templates and example projects that you can use as a starting point for your own projects or as a way to learn more about Experiment Builder. For a complete list of templates, click the link below:

  • Detailed List of Experiment Builder Templates

WebLink

WebLink Eye Tracking Software

SR Research WebLink is a software solution that allows EyeLink users to track eye movements while participants view and interact with dynamic media such as websites, online games, and computer software. The WebLink software package is presently available as a Windows-only application. A license is required to run the WebLink software. However, demo licenses are available for limited-time trial periods. Below is a link to the installer and manual.

  • WebLink Installer
  • WebLink User Manual

Psychtoolbox

Psychtoolbox and EyeLink

Psychtoolbox for Matlab comes with native support for the EyeLink eye-tracking systems, and many example scripts that demonstrate the full range of integration – from basic control of the eye tracker, through implementing gaze-contingent tasks, to adding integration messages for Data Viewer analysis software. These resources are available from the support forum:

  • Getting Started with EyeLink and Psychtoolbox – Installation Instructions, Commands, Templates/Example Projects, and Syntax
  • Webinar-Programming EyeLink Experiments Using Psychtoolbox for Matlab

E-Prime

Psychology Software Tools’ E-prime software can be integrated with EyeLink systems via the user script and inline scripts embedded within your Experiment, or by the E-Prime EyeLink Extension. Example scripts demonstrate the full range of integration functionality, including examples of how to implement gaze-contingent tasks.

  • Getting Started with EyeLink and E-Prime – Instructions / Templates and more

NBS Presentation

EyeLink-Presentation

Neurobehavioral Systems Presentation software can be integrated with EyeLink systems through function calls via the PresLink Extension. We provide example scripts that illustrate the full range of integration functionality, including gaze-contingent stimulus presentation and Data Viewer integration.

  • Getting Started with EyeLink and Presentation – Instructions, Example Projects, and More

PsychoPy

Psychopy-EyeLink

PsychoPy comes with native support for the EyeLink eye-tracking systems via PyLink, our Python wrapper for our core SDK. Example scripts illustrate the full range of EyeLink integration using the pygame and PsychoPy graphics libraries.

  • Getting Started with EyeLink and PsychoPy – Installation, Example Projects, and More

OpenSesame

Open Sesame-EyeLink

OpenSesame is an open-source stimulus presentation software that is based on Python. EyeLink integration can be achieved via PyLink and via an Eyelink plugin for OpenSesame. Follow the link below for OpenSesame resources.

  • Getting Started with EyeLink and OpenSesame – Installation, plugin, example projects, and more

Programming Languages

EyeLink Programming Language

Our Software Development Kit enables experimental tasks to be implemented in a wide range of programming languages, including C, C# and Python via the PyLink wrapper. The Software Development Kit is absolutely free and can be downloaded from the support forum.

  • Getting Started with Python and PyLink
  • Software Development Kit/ API

Eye Tracking Data Analysis

Analyzing eye-tracking data can seem like a daunting task, but we have a range of resources to help, including our powerful and intuitive Data Viewer Analysis Software. EyeLink Data Files can also be converted to ASCII or imported directly into Matlab.

Data Viewer

Data Viewer

EyeLink Data Viewer is a powerful software tool for analyzing EyeLink data. Data Viewer supports EDF files recorded by EyeLink I, II, 1000, 1000 Plus, and Portable Duo. Links to the Data Viewer Installers, Software License Installation, User Manual, and Frequently Asked Questions are below.

  • Data Viewer Installers
  • Data Viewer User Manual
  • Data Viewer FAQs

Data Viewer is easy to learn, and a great place to start is with our video tutorial series:

  • Data Viewer Video Tutorials

You can see Data Viewer in action, and learn about some of its more advanced features in our webinar series, available on the support forum.

  • New Data Viewer Features
  • Data Analysis for the Visual World Paradigm Using Data Viewer
  • Recording and Analysing Pupil Data (Pupillometry)
  • EyeLink Data Viewer Integration Messaging Protocol
  • Psycholinguistics Studies

Matlab

Matlab-EyeLink

There are a number of ways in which you can work with EyeLink Data Files (EDF Files) in Matlab. You can convert the files to ASCII or import the EyeLink Data Files directly. More information on both of these approaches is available on the Support Forum – just follow the link:

  • Getting Started with Matlab for Data Analysis

Ascii Conversion

edf2asc for EyeLink

EyeLink Data Files can be converted into Ascii, and read directly into statistics software such as R / SPSS, or imported into Excel or Python data tables for further processing and analysis.

  • EDF2ASC Conversion Utility

EyeLink Eye Tracker Integration

EyeLink systems can be integrated with a wide range of other neurophysiological recording devices, including EEG and fNIRS equipment. A range of common integration solutions is outlined below. More detailed technical information is available on the support forum.

BioSemi

Biosemi EyeLink Integration

BioSemi produces state-of-the-art EEG instruments for researchers. Integrating Biosemi EEG hardware with an EyeLink eye tracker is very easy, requiring a simple trigger cable. Our stimulus presentation software, Experiment Builder has dedicated biometric device control nodes that streamline the integration process. For more information, please see our BioSemi and EyeLink section on the Hardware Integration page.

Brain Products

Brain Products EyeLink Integration

Brain Products provides EEG hardware and software solutions for neurophysiological research. The hardware integration between Brain Products EEG systems and our eye trackers involves a combination of TCP/IP and TTL communication. Experiment Builder has dedicated nodes for easy synchronization and integration. For more information, please see our Brain Products and EyeLink section on the Hardware Integration page.

Compumedics Neuroscan

Neuroscan EEG EyeLink Integration

Compumedics Neuroscan is a lead­ing provider of tech­nolo­gies for high-density EEG record­ings and electromagnetic source local­iza­tion. Integrating Neuroscan EEG hardware with EyeLink systems is very straightforward and simply requires a trigger cable. SR Research Experiment Builder has dedicated nodes that facilitate integrating Neuroscan EEG with EyeLink systems. More integration information is available in our EyeLink-Compumedics Neuroscan section on the Hardware Integration page.

g.tec

gtec EyeLink Integration

g.tec is a medical engineering company with 20 years of experience in brain-computer interfaces. They have a page outlining the integration between the EyeLink 1000 Plus and their g.Nautilus dry or gel-based wireless EEG via their g.EYEtracking Interface. Please go to our dedicated section on the Hardware Integration page for more information regarding the g.tec and EyeLink integration.

Magstim EGI

EGI EyeLink Integration

Magstim-EGI are pioneers in the field of dense-array EEG recording. We have worked closely with Magstim-EGI to bring very high levels of integration between EyeLink systems and Net Station 2. Our stimulus presentation software Experiment Builder can directly control EGI systems and EyeLink eye trackers. For more information please go to our dedicated section on the Hardware Integration page.

NIRx

NIRx EEG EyeLink Integration

NIRx provides integrated solutions for fNIRS neuroimaging. Tests conducted at NIRx headquarters confirm that, unlike some other infrared eye trackers, EyeLink systems do not create any interference with the NIRS signal. Integrating their hardware with EyeLink systems is very simple. More information is available on our NIRx and EyeLink section on the Hardware Integration page.

Let’s Keep in Touch

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
Newsletter
Newsletter Archive
Conferences

Contact

info@sr-research.com

Phone: +1-613-271-8686

Toll Free: +1-866-821-0731

Fax: +1-613-482-4866

Quick Links

Products

Solutions

Support Forum

Legal

Legal Notice

Privacy Policy | Accessibility Policy

EyeLink® eye trackers are intended for research purposes only and should not be used in the treatment or diagnosis of any medical condition.

Featured Blog

Reading Profiles of Adults with Dyslexia

Reading Profile of Adults with Dyslexia


Copyright © 2023 · SR Research Ltd. All Rights Reserved. EyeLink is a registered trademark of SR Research Ltd.