STSM Testimonial: Collecting Japanese eye-tracking data in Kobe, Japan

Johan Hennert is a first-year PhD student at the University of Potsdam, Germany, and works on computational modeling of eye-movement control during reading. During his STSM, he worked on setting up the MultiplEYE experiment to collect Japanese eye-tracking data.

This fall I spent three week with the group of Kentaro Nakatani at Konan University in Kobe, Japan, in order to help start the collection of Japanese eye-tracking data.

Although we ran into a number of challenges during both setup and pilot data collection, I was surrounded by a great and motivated team that was with me every step of the way, and I am deeply grateful for their patience and commitment. A big thank you goes out to Hinata, Taichi, Seinosuke, and Professor Nakatani!

In addition to working on the data collection I got to do some sightseeing, touring both Kobe and Nara, and going to Osaka for the Kansai Circle of Psycholinguistics. I’ve also used this trip to explore everything Japan has to offer food-wise!

All in all, I am incredibly grateful to the MultiplEYE team for this opportunity, and for all of their support during my trip!
Johan Gunnar Helge Hennert
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A curious baby deer in Nara
Fika in the lab with Japanese, German, and Swedish candy (from the left: Seinosuke, Taichi, and Hinata
Kobe from Venus Bridge

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