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March 4, 2026Consciousness and CognitionOpen Access

Eye movements reflect thought patterns while listening to literary narratives

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DMDiane Caroline MézièreJKJohanna K. KaakinenJLJarkko Lehtola

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Overview

Listeners show various thought patterns while listening to audiobooks, indicating their attention shifts and immersion levels.

Key Points

  • The study investigates how eye movements reflect thought patterns experienced by listeners during audiobook sessions.
  • Participants listened to an audiobook and completed a mind-wandering questionnaire.
  • Eye movements were recorded while participants focused on a fixation cross on a screen.
  • Principal components analysis identified components of thought patterns related to immersion, mind-wandering, and sub-vocalization.
  • Higher immersion resulted in fewer, less dispersed fixations and shorter saccades.
  • Mind-wandering was associated with more dispersed fixations on the screen.
  • Sub-vocalization led to increased number of fixations and blinks, and higher fixation dispersion.

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Mézière et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a7cce8d48f933b5eed8cf7https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2026.104031
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