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Journal of Eye Movement Research, Volume 18, Issue 5

2025 October - 23 articles

Cover Story: Modern ophthalmic imaging, such as optical coherence tomography (OCT), relies on mechanical scanners to move the light beam while the patient passively fixates. This proof-of-concept study explores whether natural eye movements can replace scanner motion through active gaze guidance. Using an infrared fundus setup, the subjects traced visual patterns with real-time feedback instead of passively viewing them. Active tracing increased pupil diameter by an average of 17.8 % and reduced blinking, with stronger effects for more complex patterns. These findings show that patient-driven gaze guidance can induce natural pupil dilation and may enhance image quality in future scannerless OCT systems. View this paper
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Articles (23)

  • Article
  • Open Access
805 Views
17 Pages

This study examined how drivers’ eye fixations change before, during, and after recognizing road markings, and how these changes relate to driving speed, visual complexity, cognitive functions, and demographics. 20 licensed drivers viewed on-board mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
743 Views
27 Pages

Oculomotor reading behavior is influenced by both universal factors, like the “big three” of word length, frequency, and contextual predictability, and language-specific factors, such as script and grammar. The aim of this study was to examine the in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
974 Views
13 Pages

This study investigated the effectiveness of visual strategies in guiding gaze behavior and attention on Yi graphic symbols using eye-tracking. Four strategies, color brightness, layering, line guidance, and size variation, were tested with 34 Thai p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
871 Views
26 Pages

DyslexiaNet: Examining the Viability and Efficacy of Eye Movement-Based Deep Learning for Dyslexia Detection

  • Ramis İleri,
  • Çiğdem Gülüzar Altıntop,
  • Fatma Latifoğlu and
  • Esra Demirci

Dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental disorder that impairs reading, affecting 5–17.5% of children and representing the most common learning disability. Individuals with dyslexia experience decoding, reading fluency, and comprehension difficulties, hinder...

  • Article
  • Open Access
930 Views
18 Pages

Head and Eye Movements During Pedestrian Crossing in Patients with Visual Impairment: A Virtual Reality Eye Tracking Study

  • Mark Mervic,
  • Ema Grašič,
  • Polona Jaki Mekjavić,
  • Nataša Vidovič Valentinčič and
  • Ana Fakin

Real-world navigation depends on coordinated head–eye behaviour that standard tests of visual function miss. We investigated how visual impairment affects traffic navigation, whether behaviour differs by visual impairment type, and whether this funct...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
908 Views
11 Pages

Test–Retest Reliability of a Computerized Hand–Eye Coordination Task

  • Antonio Ríder-Vázquez,
  • Estanislao Gutiérrez-Sánchez,
  • Clara Martinez-Perez and
  • María Carmen Sánchez-González

Background: Hand–eye coordination is essential for daily functioning and sports performance, but standardized digital protocols for its reliable assessment are limited. This study aimed to evaluate the intra-examiner repeatability and inter-examiner...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,834 Views
22 Pages

Accurate recognition of basic facial emotions is well documented, yet the mechanisms of misclassification and their relation to gaze allocation remain under-reported. The present study utilized a within-subjects eye-tracking design to examine both ac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,314 Views
17 Pages

In safety-critical systems like nuclear power plants, the rapid and accurate perception of visual interface information is vital. This study investigates the relationship between visual attention dispersion measured via heatmap entropy (as a specific...

  • Article
  • Open Access
710 Views
10 Pages

Diagnosing Colour Vision Deficiencies Using Eye Movements (Without Dedicated Eye-Tracking Hardware)

  • Aryaman Taore,
  • Gabriel Lobo,
  • Philip R. K. Turnbull and
  • Steven C. Dakin

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of a novel test for diagnosing colour vision deficiencies using reflexive eye movements measured using an unmodified tablet. Methods: This study followed a cross-sectional design, where thirty-three participants a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
726 Views
21 Pages

This study investigated how simulated ophthalmic visual field deficits affect visual attention and economic information processing. Using webcam-based eye tracking, 227 participants with normal vision recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk were ass...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,109 Views
19 Pages

In recent years, Bionic reading has been introduced as a means to combat superficial reading and low comprehension rates. This paper investigates eye movements between participants who read a passage in standard font and an additional Bionic font pas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
712 Views
19 Pages

26 September 2025

Studies on the relationship between age and situation model updating during narrative text reading have mainly used response or reading times. This study enhances previous measures (working memory, recognition probes, and comprehension) by incorporat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3,327 Views
49 Pages

A Comprehensive Framework for Eye Tracking: Methods, Tools, Applications, and Cross-Platform Evaluation

  • Govind Ram Chhimpa,
  • Ajay Kumar,
  • Sunita Garhwal,
  • Dhiraj Kumar,
  • Niyaz Ahmad Wani,
  • Mudasir Ahmad Wani and
  • Kashish Ara Shakil

23 September 2025

Eye tracking, a fundamental process in gaze analysis, involves measuring the point of gaze or eye motion. It is crucial in numerous applications, including human–computer interaction (HCI), education, health care, and virtual reality. This stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,055 Views
17 Pages

Microsaccade Activity During Visuospatial Working Memory in Early-Stage Parkinson’s Disease

  • Katherine Farber,
  • Linjing Jiang,
  • Mario Michiels,
  • Ignacio Obeso and
  • Hoi-Chung Leung

22 September 2025

Fixational saccadic eye movements (microsaccades) have been associated with cognitive processes, especially in tasks requiring spatial attention and memory. Alterations in oculomotor and cognitive control are commonly observed in Parkinson’s di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,070 Views
14 Pages

Active Gaze Guidance and Pupil Dilation Effects Through Subject Engagement in Ophthalmic Imaging

  • David Harings,
  • Niklas Bauer,
  • Damian Mendroch,
  • Uwe Oberheide and
  • Holger Lubatschowski

19 September 2025

Modern ophthalmic imaging methods such as optical coherence tomography (OCT) typically require expensive scanner components to direct the light beam across the retina while the patient’s gaze remains fixed. This proof-of-concept experiment investigat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,457 Views
25 Pages

Processing Written Language in Video Games: An Eye-Tracking Study on Subtitled Instructions

  • Haiting Lan,
  • Sixin Liao,
  • Jan-Louis Kruger and
  • Michael J. Richardson

17 September 2025

Written language is a common component among the multimodal representations that help players construct meanings and guide actions in video games. However, how players process texts in video games remains underexplored. To address this, the current e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,215 Views
24 Pages

Entropy as a Lens: Exploring Visual Behavior Patterns in Architects

  • Renate Delucchi Danhier,
  • Barbara Mertins,
  • Holger Mertins and
  • Gerold Schneider

16 September 2025

This study examines how architectural expertise shapes visual perception, extending the “Seeing for Speaking” hypothesis into a non-linguistic domain. Specifically, it investigates whether architectural training influences unconscious visual processi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,873 Views
20 Pages

How Visual Style Shapes Tourism Advertising Effectiveness: Eye-Tracking Insights into Traditional and Modern Chinese Ink Paintings

  • Fulong Liu,
  • Xiheng Shao,
  • Zhengwei Tao,
  • Nurul Hanim Md Romainoor and
  • Mohammad Khizal Mohamed Saat

12 September 2025

This study investigates how traditional versus modern Chinese ink painting styles in tourism advertisements affect viewers’ visual attention, aesthetic evaluations, and tourism intentions. Using eye-tracking experiments combined with surveys and inte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
503 Views
12 Pages

Eye Movement Impairment in Women Undergoing Chemotherapy

  • Milena Edite Casé de Oliveira,
  • José Marcos Nascimento de Sousa,
  • Gerlane Da Silva Vieira Torres,
  • Ruanna Priscila Silva de Brito,
  • Nathalia dos Santos Negreiros,
  • Bianca da Nóbrega Tomaz Trombetta,
  • Kedma Anne Lima Gomes Alexandrino,
  • Waleska Fernanda Souto Nóbrega,
  • Letícia Lorena Soares Silva Polimeni and
  • Natanael Antonio dos Santos
  • + 3 authors

11 September 2025

The assessment of visual attention is important in visual and cognitive neuroscience, providing objective measures for researchers and clinicians. This study investigated the effects of chemotherapy on eye movements in women with breast cancer. Twelv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
887 Views
28 Pages

9 September 2025

Road traffic accidents remain a major global public health concern, where complex urban driving environments significantly elevate drivers’ visual load and accident risks. Unlike existing research that adopts a macro perspective by considering multip...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,291 Views
21 Pages

A Review of Digital Eye Strain: Binocular Vision Anomalies, Ocular Surface Changes, and the Need for Objective Assessment

  • Maria João Barata,
  • Pedro Aguiar,
  • Andrzej Grzybowski,
  • André Moreira-Rosário and
  • Carla Lança

5 September 2025

(1) Background: This study investigates the impact of digital device usage on the visual system, with a focus on binocular vision. It also highlights the importance of objective assessment in accurately diagnosing and guiding therapeutic approaches f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,323 Views
24 Pages

Reading Assessment and Eye Movement Analysis in Bilateral Central Scotoma Due to Age-Related Macular Degeneration

  • Polona Zaletel Benda,
  • Grega Jakus,
  • Jaka Sodnik,
  • Nadica Miljković,
  • Ilija Tanasković,
  • Smilja Stokanović,
  • Andrej Meglič,
  • Nataša Vidovič Valentinčič and
  • Polona Jaki Mekjavić

This study investigates reading performances and eye movements in individuals with eccentric fixation due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Overall, 17 individuals with bilateral AMD (7 males; mean age 77.47 ± 5.96 years) and 17 controls (10...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,564 Views
20 Pages

(1) Background: Virtual Reality (VR) films challenge traditional visual cognition by offering novel perceptual experiences. This study investigates the applicability of Gestalt grouping principles in dynamic VR scenes, the influence of VR environment...

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J. Eye Mov. Res. - ISSN 1995-8692