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Is the number of eye fixations a reliable external indicator of internal cognitive processes when subjects are unaware that their eye movements are being monitored electronically? In this study involving college students, there was a relationship between posttest scores and the number of eye fixations, and intelligence level of the subject was correlated with eye fixations.
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Nesbit, L.L. Relationship between eye movement, learning, and picture complexity. ECTJ 29, 109–116 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02766781
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