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There is a correlation between eye movements and personality traits
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Is it true that there is a correlation between eye movements and personality traits?
Yes. Multiple empirical studies demonstrate significant correlations and predictive relationships between eye movement behaviors (such as fixations, saccades, and gaze patterns) and various psychological and personality traits.
Verdict: SUPPORTED · 7 sources for, 0 against · Last checked
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Papers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 11 all provide direct empirical support for a correlation or predictive relationship between eye movements/gaze patterns and personality or cognitive style traits. No papers in the retrieved list refute this claim, leading to a verdict of SUPPORTED.
Evidence for · 7
The study found significant style-related differences in saccadic eye movements linked to cognitive style.
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Bendall, R. C. A., Lambert, S., Galpin, A., Marrow, L., & Cassidy, S. (2019). Psychophysiological indices of cognitive style: A triangulated study incorporating neuroimaging, eye-tracking, psychometric and behavioral measures. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PAID.2019.02.034
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The study demonstrated significant correlations between conscious eye movements and individual personality traits.
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Xu, K. (2024). Insights into the relationship between eye movements and personality traits in restricted visual fields. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60992-w
The study developed machine learning models to automatically predict different personality traits from eye movement patterns.
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Yu, Y., Lu, Q., Wu, X., Wang, Z., Zhang, C., Wu, X., & Yan, C. (2024). Detecting five-pattern personality traits using eye movement features for observing emotional faces. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1397340
The study successfully predicted the extraversion personality trait from eye movements recorded while reading manga.
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Y, W. (2025). Personality traits prediction based on eye movements while reading manga.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1509569
The study found relationships between participants' personality traits and their eye movements during facial impression inferences.
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Xu, K. & Matsuka, T. (2024). The observer's lens: The impact of personality traits and gaze on facial impression inferences. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.16910/jemr.17.3.5
The study found that increased gaze fingerprintability for social stimuli is associated with levels of autistic traits.
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SK, C., E, S., I, S., D, F., A, V., N, B., EM, B., V, M., & MV, L. (2026). Detection of Idiosyncratic Gaze-Fingerprint Signatures in Humans.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976251415352
The study found that personality traits like neuroticism and conscientiousness correlate with blinking behavior and stress responses.
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R, I., A, B., A, G., Y, B., & L, G. (2025). Psychological Stress as a Mediator in the Relationships Between Personality Characteristics and Eye-Blinking Behavior.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15111567
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