Neuropsychology

Cognitive neuroscientists use Tobii Eye Trackers in observations of physiological processes and their correlation with cognitive and emotional influences.

• Study the visual processing that takes place in the brain to allow sight.
• Examine brain activity and eye movements simultaneously while people engage in cognitive tasks (Combination of eye tracking with EEG or fMRI can tell what regions of the brain are activated in certain tasks or when faced with emotionally loaded images).
• Measure the conditions under which external visual-stimuli of moderate intensity capture spatial attention.
• Analyze object-by-object search mechanisms in studies of change
  blindness.

In medical diagnostics, use eye tracking to examine visual-exploration strategies in patients with brain damage and neurological diseases. Investigating control mechanisms of eye movements can provide early indicators for diseases such as autism, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s.