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eye movement

eye movement

8 3.2
The way the eyes move when reading, showing attention or tiredness
  • noun
  • /aɪ ˈmuːvmənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : movimiento ocular
  • There are two types of sleep, rapid eye movement sleep and quiet sleep, which is called non rapid eye movement sleep.
  • eye movement measures
  • eye movements during reading
  • eye movement research

And verbally you've got eye movements and smiling and gestures.

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Examples

  • Here, participants solved basic subtraction problems while their eye movements were recorded.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The doctor observed the patient's eye movement to assess their neurological function.

  • And then you have eye movement left and right.

  • And it's been found it's important for more than just eye movements, OK?

  • But in the dream they are claiming based on their eye movements that they are moving their hands.

  • Unfortunately, very few studies of eye movements with children exist, and only two have explored frequency effects.

    Academic text (2013)
  • So far, only one study has specifically looked at eye movements during comprehension monitoring in children.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The cumulative body of eye movement research provides significant insight into how readers process text.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Overall, their findings indicate that linguistic characteristics of text drive children's eye movements as they read.

    Academic text (2013)
  • An SR Research EyeLink 1000 system was used to track eye movements and compute gaze position on the display.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

physiological nystagmus
vseye movement
  • Specialized
8.7

Small automatic quick movements of the eyes that keep vision steady

is broader covering both normal involuntary and behavioral or voluntary movements
rotational nystagmus
vseye movement
  • Specialized
9.9

A quick uncontrolled movement of the eyes when your body turns that makes the world seem to spin

is more general and not limited to rotation caused movements
saccade
vseye movement
  • Specialized
9.9

A quick jerky movement of the eyes when they move from one point to another

also includes slower or involuntary movements not abrupt shifts

Antonyms

38 3.5

A time of complete quiet and no movement that feels calm

How Active

rapid eye movement
  • Specialized
2 3.9
eye movement
  • Specialized
8 3.2
saccade
  • Specialized
9.9
to blink
181 1.0
stillness
38 3.5

Surface Forms

eye movement singular
eye movements plural

Morphology

eye + movement

The meaning 'the movement of the eyes' is directly and literally composed from 'eye' (the organ of vision) + 'movement' (a change of position), so the phrase simply denotes motion of that body part. This noun–noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows transparent semantic composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Eye movement comes from the simple picture of the eye actually making a movement, like a quick turn or following a line of text. People saw these small moves often 'show' if someone is tired, paying attention, or reading, so Eye movement now means the way someone's eyes move and what those moves tell us.