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6.3. Eye-tracking as Assessment and Diagnosis Tool<br />

Subject<br />

CA<br />

Avoidance<br />

××<br />

Hypervigilance<br />

××<br />

Hyperscanning<br />

××<br />

Blink rate<br />

√√<br />

Blink duration<br />

××<br />

CB ×× ×× ×× ×× ××<br />

CC ×× ×× ×× ×× ××<br />

CD ×− ×− ×− ×− ×−<br />

CE<br />

PA<br />

PB<br />

PC<br />

PD<br />

×−<br />

××<br />

××<br />

××<br />

×−<br />

×−<br />

√<br />

×<br />

≈≈<br />

××<br />

×−<br />

×−<br />

××<br />

√√<br />

××<br />

√<br />

−<br />

×−<br />

√√<br />

√√<br />

××<br />

×−<br />

×−<br />

××<br />

√<br />

××<br />

×<br />

×−<br />

PE ×− ≈ − ×− ×− ×−<br />

Table 6.9: Recapitulation of present symptoms before and after treatment - Auditorium scene. A<br />

tick symbolizes the presence of the behavior, a cross symbolizes its absence. The wave represents<br />

a slight presence of the behavior and the dash, an absence of results.<br />

Subject<br />

CA<br />

Avoidance<br />

××<br />

Hypervigilance<br />

××<br />

Hyperscanning<br />

××<br />

Blink rate<br />

√<br />

×<br />

Blink duration<br />

××<br />

CB ×× ×× ×× ×× ××<br />

CC ×× ×× ×× ×× ××<br />

CD ×− ×− ×− ×− ×−<br />

CE<br />

PA<br />

PB<br />

PC<br />

PD<br />

×−<br />

××<br />

√<br />

××<br />

√<br />

×<br />

−<br />

×−<br />

××<br />

××<br />

××<br />

×−<br />

×−<br />

√<br />

××<br />

√√<br />

×<br />

√<br />

−<br />

×−<br />

√√<br />

√√<br />

√√<br />

√<br />

−<br />

×−<br />

××<br />

√<br />

××<br />

×<br />

×−<br />

PE ×− ×− ×− ×− ×−<br />

Table 6.10: Recapitulation of present symptoms before and after treatment - Bar scene. A tick<br />

symbolizes the presence of the behavior, a cross symbolizes its absence. The wave represents a<br />

slight presence of the behavior and the dash, an absence of results.<br />

equally presented high rates in the post-therapeutic phase. On the other hand, subject PC,<br />

who had very high blink durations before therapy, showed a very noticeable improvement<br />

after therapy. This analysis, as the two others, therefore equally seems to be a promising<br />

tool. When analyzing the eye blink results, it is important to note the correlation between<br />

eye blink rate and eye blink duration. A person presenting very long eye blinks, such as<br />

shown in Figure 6.10, will necessarily have a lower blink rate.<br />

It is clearly visible, when analyzing the overall results presented in Tables 6.9 and 6.10,<br />

that the subjects from the phobic group have a tendency to present the symptoms we have<br />

described. The control group subjects, however, do not; only one subject presented one of<br />

the symptoms before and after therapy. Moreover, we can see that each of the subjects from<br />

the phobic group has at least one of the symptoms. We can therefore conclude that the whole<br />

series of tests consists of a good indicator of the presence of visual avoidance behaviors.<br />

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