MOUSE TRACKING

Jun 08 2026HEALTH

Why do smokers and non-smokers focus differently on images?

Research shows people react differently to visual cues based on their habits. A study compared smokers and non-smokers by tracking how they moved a computer mouse toward images on a screen. The images were unrelated to smoking, pleasant, unpleasant, or cigarette-related. The goal was to see if smoke

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Jan 28 2025CRIME

The Detective’s Mouse: Unveiling Hidden Memories

Consumers of true-crime stories often wonder how detectives determine whether a suspect’s memory of an event is real or fabricated. Enter the mouse-tracking technique! In a fascinating study, researchers explored this method to enhance autobiographical implicit association tests (aIAT). They set up

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