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Eye movements are the motions of the eyeballs within their sockets.
The term appears most often in technical contexts—psychology, neuroscience, reading research—where tracking how eyes move reveals attention, cognition, and processing.
Rapid eye movement (REM) characterizes a sleep stage associated with dreaming.
In everyday speech, someone's eye movements might betray nervousness or deception: His shifty eye movements made her suspicious.
- superior colliculusMidbrain visual processing nucleus
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- strabismusEye misalignment condition
- wandering eyeTendency to ogle others
- cerebellumMovement coordination organ
amblyopia · vergence · eye tracking · nystagmus · body language · visual cortex · depth perception · REM sleep · motion detection · reading speed · eye strain · adduction · vestibular system · pupil · stare · shifty eyes · gaze · eye contact
- visionsharp, eye, visual perception, sight, eyes
- body languagegestures, facial expressions, hand gestures, posture, nodding
- Neurobehaviorsattention, learning, memory disorders, impulse control, motor control
- readingfluency, read, comprehension, readers, books
- spatial perceptiondepth perception, spatial awareness, spatial orientation, binocular vision, stereopsis
- Indian classical dancemudra, mudras, hand gestures, footwork, moksha
eye movementsfixed gaze
staring · steady gaze · fixed stare · blank stare · vacant stare
eye movementsblank stare
Expressionless, unfocused gaze