Gaze-based assistance supported a smoother attention transition between narrated regions, while baseline assistance elicited more abrupt reorientation¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Temporal analysis of dominant AOI roles showed gaze-based assistance produced a smoother, more gradual transition from primary to secondary AOI, whereas baseline assistance produced a sharper drop and rapid shift. → Zekun Wu 2026

Evidence¶

Zekun Wu 2026¶

Zekun Wu, Man Su, Huiyong Li, Tomohiro Nagashima, and Anna Maria Feit. (2026). Gaze-Informed Proactive AI Assistance for Children Exploring Picture Books. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.00445 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2607.00445

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Temporal analysis (Figure 8) normalizing each assistance instance into five bins per narration phase and classifying the dominant AOI per bin. In the gaze condition the secondary AOI already held a non-trivial share of dominant attention during primary narration; the authors' wording is interpretive ("suggest").

"These patterns suggest that gaze-based assistance supported a smoother and more gradual transition between the two narrated regions, whereas the assistance without gaze elicited a more abrupt reorientation of attention toward the newly mentioned AOI."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Attention — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Most children and parents preferred gaze-based assistance over the LLM baseline — related
• Gaze-based assistance produced a significantly higher follow-up fixation rate on the spoken secondary AOI than the baseline — related
• Gaze-based assistance led children to fixate the narrated primary AOI significantly longer than LLM-baseline assistance — related
• Attention allocated to the secondary AOI remained limited and did not differ significantly between conditions in duration or time to first fixation — related
• Large arrays exceed young children's attentional resources, preventing optimal allocation to relevant items — related
• Follow-up fixation rate on the primary AOI did not differ significantly between gaze-based and baseline assistance — related