Useful research tools

• Hypothesis. Platform for running user experiments. Provided by Cenek Sasinka and colleagues (Laboratory of Geoinformatics & Cartography, Masaryk University, Brno, CZ). Contact authors for use information.
• Online survey tools: Online Umfragen (in German), Qualtrics (in English).
• Online experiment builder (free): Lime Survey.
• Perspective Taking/Spatial Orientation Test by Hegarty & Waller (2004); Friedman et al. (2019).
• Sense of Direction Tests:
  Freiburg Sense of Direction Scale (FSBSOD) by Meilinger and Knauf (2004),
  Santa Barbara Sense of Direction Scale (SBSOD) by Hegarty, Richardson, Montello, Lovelace, & Subbiah (2002).
• Spatial cognition tests and surveys developed by researchers at the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC).
• Tests on visuo-spatial imagery by MM Virtual Design LLC.
• SaskEXP iPad app for navigation, spatial, and object location related studies by Scott Bell and group (2012).

Useful eye tracking hardware and software

• Example eye movement research lab set up (Geographic Information Visualization and Analysis Group, UZH).
• Example 3D stereo-display research lab set up (Geographic Information Visualization and Analysis Group, UZH).
• Sequence analysis software: ClustalG, eyePatterns, TraMineR, Scangraph, GazePlotter, Gazealytics.
• Usability testing software: Morae, e-Prime.

Useful tools

• Color picker for maps : ColorBrewer by Cynthia Brewer and Mark Harrower (PSU).
• Colorblindness Simulator: Color Oracle by Bernhard Jenny (Monash University).
• EyeMMV (Eye Movements Metrics & Visualizations) by Vassilios Krassanakis (NTUA).
• Random number generator.
• Saliency toolbox by Laurent Itti (USC).
• Saliency and visual clutter toolbox by Ruth Rosenholtz (MIT).
• Text Visualization toolbox by Stacy Rebich Hespanha and João Hespanha (UCSB).

Useful publications

• Dunn, M.J., Alexander, R.G., Amiebenomo, O.M. et al.. (2023). Minimal reporting guideline for research involving eye tracking (2023 edition). Behavior Research Methods, 1-7.
• Fields, A. (2012). Discovering Statistics Using R. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA.
• Fields, A. (2017). Discovering Statistics Using SPSS. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA.
• Holmqvist, K., Örbom, S.L., Hooge, I.T.C., et al. (2023). Eye tracking: empirical foundations for a minimal reporting guideline. Behavior Research Methods, 55(1), 364-416.
• Ishikawa, T. (2020). Human Spatial Cognition and Experience. Routledge, London.
• Martin, D. (2008). Doing Psychology Experiments, Thompson, Wadsworth, Belmont, CA.
• Montello, D.R. and Sutton, P. (2013). An Introduction to Scientific Research Methods in Geography. Second Edition. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA.
• Purchase, H. (2012). Experimental Human-Computer Interaction: A Practical Guide With Visual Examples. Cambridge University Press, New York.