Die Forscher haben das Gedächtnis der Probanden gemessen, indem sie ihre Augenbewegungen verfolgen, als sie Animationsvideos angesehen haben, und demonstrierten, dass Menschen sich tatsächlich mehr erinnern als sie berichten. Diese Methode kann verwendet werden, um das Speicher bei Probanden zu messen, die nicht sprechen können

>In the study, 145 healthy subjects watched specially created animation videos that included a surprising event –  for example, a mouse suddenly jumping out of the corner of the frame. Tracking the subjects‘ eye movements  across two separate viewings of the same films, the researchers found that during the second viewing, subjects shifted their gaze toward the area where the surprising event was about to occur. A comparison of eye movement data with verbal memory reports indicated that gaze direction was in fact a more accurate measure.  In some cases, subjects said they did not remember the mouse, yet their gaze indicated that they did.
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>“The study proves that tracking eye movements can be an excellent alternative to verbal questions such as ‚Do you remember this?‘,“ says Daniel Yamin. „In a series of experiments, we demonstrated that gaze direction is a very sensitive gage of memory. Even when subjects said they didn’t remember, their gaze direction showed they did. This means that sometimes people remember, but can’t say that they remember. By using AI machine learning techniques, it is possible to infer automatically, from just a few seconds of eye tracking, whether someone has seen a video before and formed a memory of it.“
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>“When I ask you if you remember,“ adds Dr. Sharon, „you might give any of several answers: yes, no, not sure, etc. But when you look to the left of the frame due to a vague memory that something is about to happen there, finer nuances can be discerned. Now we have a tool for testing to what extent memory is present. Our new method is also more natural than traditional memory tests.“

[Anticipatory eye gaze as a marker of memory | Communications Psychology](https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00305-7)