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    • Neuroscience
    • Ophthalmology
    • Computer Science

    Background:

    • Cognitive impairment (CI) affects oculomotor functions and visual behavior.
    • Understanding these differences is crucial for early detection and assessment.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • Quantify differences in oculomotor functions and viewing behaviors associated with CI severity.
    • Assess general CI and specific cognitive functions related to visual exploration.

    Main Methods:

    • Administered a passive viewing memory test with eye-tracking to 348 healthy controls and CI individuals.
    • Extracted spatiotemporal and semantic features from eye-gaze data.
    • Utilized machine learning to classify CI and estimate neuropsychological test scores.

    Main Results:

    • Found significant differences in spatial, spatiotemporal, and semantic viewing features between healthy controls and CI individuals.
    • CI group exhibited altered gaze patterns, including central fixation and less predictable transitions.
    • Achieved an AUC of 0.78 for differentiating CI from controls using combined features.

    Conclusions:

    • Visual exploration behavior analysis provides quantitative evidence of CI-related differences.
    • This approach offers an improved method for passive cognitive impairment screening.
    • The proposed method is passive, accessible, and scalable for earlier CI detection.