Eye movements boost our memory

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have shown for the first time that our eye movements actively help us remember events. Where we focus our gaze can actively affect how successful we are in retrieving the right memory. WATCH VIDEO STORY The unique study used eye tracking technology to record three different scenarios. The research subjects were initially asked to look at 24 cartoon figures on a screen. After the figures were removed, they remained seated in front of a blank screen, and were asked to remember as much as possible about the figures. For example, was Santa Claus looking to the left or the right? In the first scenario, the participants were free to choose which part of the screen to look at. The experiment demonstrated that they usually looked at the corner of the screen where Santa had appeared.
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