Eye-tracking Data for Cross-Cultural Aesthetic Assessment of Great Barrier Reef Scenery

The Eye-tracking data of the 2019 Measuring aesthetics project (NESP TWQ 5.5) was produced by the Griffith Institute for Tourism Research. It contains data from 93 participants across three socio-cultural groups who rated 20 underwater Great Barrier Reef images for beauty while their eye movements were recorded. The dataset includes raw eye-tracking metrics and 20 heatmap images showing visual attention patterns.

Use Cases

• Analyzing correlations between self-reported beauty ratings and objective eye-tracking measures like fixation duration.
• Comparing visual attention patterns across different socio-cultural groups using heatmap images.
• Investigating the time to first fixation on scenic images as a potential indicator of aesthetic interest.
• Studying the relationship between total visit time on an image and its perceived beauty rating.

Strengths

• Data was collected from 93 participants across three distinct socio-cultural groups.
• Includes 20 specific underwater scenery images, each with associated beauty ratings and eye-tracking data.
• Combines self-reported ratings on a 10-point scale with objective eye-tracking measures like fixation count and duration.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and sampling bias inherent to the convenience sampling method described.

Provenance

Source

Griffith Institute for Tourism Research, Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Data was collected using a Tobii T60 eye-tracker in a lab setting from participants who viewed 20 images and provided beauty ratings.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-16 02:54:11.434268; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Barrier Reef, Australia