Dataset: What the Eyes Reveal about (Reading) Poetry

dataPOEM.csv

The dataPOEM.csv
data set contains data on the level of each poem.

scoresAes
= factor scores of moving,
beauty, and melodious ratings.

participant = participant number

poemVersion = Version of poem presented: (A =
original poem with rhyme and meter, B = poem variant with only rhyme, C = poem
variant with only meter, D = poem variant without rhyme and meter)

poemIdentity = poem number

avgWFreq = average word frequency of poem

totalGazeSlopeLineLength

totalGazeWordMeanNAByWordLen

totalGazeWordMeanNADiff

order = order of presentation (1 = from A
to D, 2 = from D to A; between participant factor)

firstFixDurMS_MINFIX_AVG = first fixation duration

totalGazeMS_MINFIX_AVG = total gaze durations

fixDurMS_MINFIX_NUM = number of fixations

sacLenMS_MINFIX_AVG = average saccade length

percRegMS_MINFIX_AVG = percentage of regressive eye
movements

pupilDial_AVG = average pupil dilation

blink_NUM_TotalRT = number of blinks relative to
total reading time

totalReadingTime = total reading time of the poem

areaTT = total score of the Aesthetic Responsiveness
Assessment questionnaire

dataIntegrity = percentage of valid position
measurements by eye tracker during reading of a poem

moving = rating of how moving the poem was

beauty = rating of how beautiful the poem
was

melodious = rating of how melodious the poem
was

dataROI.csv

The dataROI.csv
data set contains data on the level of each line within a poem.

order = order of presentation (1 = from A
to D, 2 = from D to A; between participant factor)

participant = participant number

poemIdentity = poem number

lineNr = line number within poem

poemVersion = Version of poem presented: (A =
original poem with rhyme and meter, B = poem variant with only rhyme, C = poem
variant with only meter, D = poem variant without rhyme and meter)

verseEnd = wheter a particular word/line was
the last line of a stanza (0 = word/line within a stanza, 1 = last word/line of
a stanza)

BeginCloseRhyme = whether a particular line’s final
word marked the opening or closing of a rhyme pair (1 = opening of rhyme, 2 =
closing of rhyme)

lastFix = whether a particular line or word
was the last one of the poem (0 = word/line within a poem, 1 = last word/line of
poem)

totalGazeByWordNA = total gaze duration of final word
of a line relative to word length

gazeByLineLengthNA = total gaze duration of a line
relative to line length

dataIntegrity = percentage of valid position
measurements by eye tracker during reading of a poem