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Aging affects memory and brain function, altering visual exploration patterns. These changes in eye movements reflect and impact memory system integrity, highlighting broader cognitive shifts with age.

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  • Gerontology
  • Ophthalmology

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  • Multimodal and multivariate approaches enhance understanding of cognition and brain function changes with age.
  • Multivariate techniques are increasingly applied to eye movement analysis, similar to neural activity pattern similarity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review literature on multimodal and multivariate approaches, focusing on eyetracking for age-related memory changes.
  • To explore how aging impacts visual exploration and its relationship with memory systems.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on multimodal and multivariate research in aging and memory.
  • Application of eyetracking to characterize age-related changes in memory and visual behavior.

Main Results:

  • Aging is associated with altered visual exploration patterns and amounts.
  • These changes in eye movements reflect alterations in hippocampus and medial temporal lobe (MTL) function.
  • Age-related memory decline impacts oculomotor behavior, potentially by increasing non-optimal visual exploration.

Conclusions:

  • Methodological advances reveal reciprocal relationships between memory system integrity and oculomotor behavior in aging.
  • Altered visual exploration patterns in aging may hinder memory encoding and representation.
  • Age-related cognitive impairments are more pervasive than previously understood.