EXPLORING THE DETERMINANTS OF COGNITION
The Eyes Have It
A person's eyes can tell you a
lot – often more than we realize.
Dr. Jennifer Ryan is investigating
what our eye movements tell
us about memory performance.
What we remember, and when
we remember it, is revealed
through the way in which we
move our eyes. In the first
study of its kind, Dr. Ryan
and her colleagues are using
eye tracking combined with
magnetoencephalography (MEG)
imaging technology to look at
which areas of the brain are
"online" when subjects are
asked to think about or
remember something.
Through this knowledge, we
may better understand how
memory is used and how it's
transformed with age or injury
– knowledge that can lead to
better methods for helping
people with memory deficits.
Dr. Jennifer Ryan
Senior Scientist AND ACADEMIC DIRECTOR
Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of
Memory (Tier 2), University of Toronto
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