The eyes are a window into memory.
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The oculomotor system may be a natural and unique effector system to reveal the development and expression of memory due to its shared evolutionary history with the hippocampus that has resulted in an extensive set of structural and functional connections between the systems. Eyetracking provides a means for understanding the nature of the information that is being processed on a moment-to-moment basis, and it can reveal the use of multiple, distinct representations that may be prioritized in their guidance of viewing according to task goals. Critically, eye movements may not just passively express the contents of memory. Eye movements may be functional for the formation, retrieval, and reconstruction of memory; thereby revealing the mechanisms critical for memory.
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The record of gaze shifts may provide the oculomotor maps on which these 3D abilities depend.
“where it may be the record of gaze shifts that provides the oculomotor maps on which these abilities depend (Hannula et al., 2010; Zimmerman and Lappe, 2016; Ryan and Shen, 2020; Wolff and Lappe, 2021).”
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Lacalli, T. (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1829430
“…character of identifiable objects viewed from different distances and angles (Linton, 2022), where it may be the record of gaze shifts that provides the oculomotor maps on which these abilities depend (Hannula et al., 2010; Zimmerman and Lappe, 2016; Ryan and Shen, 2020; Wolff and Lappe, 2021).”
- Authors
- Ryan, J. D., & Shen, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Rotman Research Institute (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Ryan, Jennifer D
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-04
- Volume
- 32
- Pages
- 1-6
- ISSN
- 2352-1546 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3000997350
- Cited by
- 90
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 22 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 1.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Keywords
- oculomotor system, memory, eye movements, eye tracking, hippocampus, memory retrieval, memory reconstruction, memory formation, visual attention, task goals
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