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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Ophthalmology

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  • Eye movements are integral to memory encoding and retrieval.
  • Altered viewing behaviors correlate with age-related and pathology-induced memory impairments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify gaze-based indicators of memory function.
  • To investigate how naturalistic viewing behavior changes with varying memory capabilities.

Main Methods:

  • Two task-free visual experiments were conducted.
  • Naturalistic viewing behavior was analyzed across five groups with diverse memory functions, including healthy young adults and amnesic patients.

Main Results:

  • Memory decline was associated with reduced explorative, adaptive, and differentiated visual sampling.
  • Specific changes in gaze patterns were observed correlating with memory impairment.

Conclusions:

  • Naturalistic gaze patterns offer a sensitive biomarker for cognitive decline.
  • Visual sampling strategies reflect underlying memory function and cognitive status.