eye movement
Looking around behavior
Eye movement is the motion of the eyes, whether voluntary or involuntary.
The term appears most often in technical contexts: sleep researchers study rapid eye movement (REM), reading specialists analyze how eyes track across text, and psychologists observe where subjects look.
The software tracked her eye movements across the screen.
Brief, casual look
- stareProlonged fixed gaze
- gazeFixed, intent look
- sidelongDirected to one side
- dartingMoving suddenly, swiftly
shifty · rolling · flicker · blink · wink · squint · furtive · lingering
Fixed, intent look
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- focusConcentrated attention point
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- scanBrief visual sweep
search · vigilance · monitoring · observation · alertness · concentration · awareness · heed
Persistent mental attachment
- vergenceOpposite eye movements together
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- nystagmusUncontrolled repetitive eye movement
- oculomotorEye movement nerve
convergence · divergence · reflex · accommodation · tremor · drift · flick · jump
Eye misalignment condition
- amblyopiaReduced vision, one eye
- nystagmusUncontrolled repetitive eye movement
- diplopiaSeeing duplicated images
- ptosisAbnormal lid drooping
prism · patching · lazy eye · misalignment
Acronym for dreaming phase
- dreamingMental imagery during slumber
- sleep cycleRepeating phases of rest
- non-REMSleep stage without rapid eye movement
- sleep stagePeriod within nightly rest
Color-scaled data visualization
- dwell timeDuration spent somewhere
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- usabilityEase of interaction quality
- regressionReturn to former state
glance
Brief, casual look
darting · shifty · rolling · flicker · blink · wink · squint · furtive · lingering · averted
gaze
Fixed, intent look
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- focusConcentrated attention point
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
scan · search · vigilance · monitoring · observation · alertness · concentration · awareness · heed · notice
fixation
Persistent mental attachment
- vergenceOpposite eye movements together
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- nystagmusUncontrolled repetitive eye movement
oculomotor · convergence · divergence · reflex · accommodation · tremor · drift · flick · jump · rapid
strabismus
Eye misalignment condition
- amblyopiaReduced vision, one eye
- nystagmusUncontrolled repetitive eye movement
- diplopiaSeeing duplicated images
ptosis · prism · patching · lazy eye · misalignment
REM
Acronym for dreaming phase
- dreamingMental imagery during slumber
- sleep cycleRepeating phases of rest
- non-REMSleep stage without rapid eye movement
heatmap
Color-scaled data visualization
- dwell timeDuration spent somewhere
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- usabilityEase of interaction quality
- body signalsheartbeat, pulse, brainwaves, brain waves, brainwave
- EMDRdesensitization, reprocessing, trauma processing, PTSD treatment, tapping
- eye trackingeye tracker, eye tracking, fixation, fixations, saccade
- visionsharp, eye, visual perception, sight, eyes
- compositionbalance, symmetry, asymmetry, proportion, layout
- biometricsfingerprints, fingerprint scan, iris scan, face recognition, palm print
eye movementblank stare
Expressionless, unfocused gaze
stare · vacant stare · thousand-yard stare · glazed eyes · dead eyes