The role of using eyetracking technology in psychodiagnostics: systematic review

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The use of the eye movement registration and gaze fixation system — eytracing (eytracing — TA technology) as a means of psychodiagnostics is a new and very promising diagnostic technique. It allows for a deeper understanding of cognitive processes, emotional reactions and behavioral characteristics, which opens up new opportunities in the diagnosis and study of mental states at an interdisciplinary level. The purpose of the study is to assess the state and possibilities of using psychodiagnostic TA within the framework of a systematic analysis of scientific data. Materials and methods. The literature was searched in electronic databases of scientific data PubMed.gov, Elsevier.com, Google Scholar.com, Elibrary.ru. The analysis of the data obtained focused on works published between 2014 and 2024. Results. After the audit procedures of 549 works for duplication and compliance criteria, 31 studies were selected. Of these, 15 (46.9%) are devoted to evaluating the use of TA in clinical psychology, 10 (31.2%) — cognitive psychology and 7 (21.9%) — social psychology. At the same time, in most cases, the work was aimed at diagnostic optimization of TA — 15 (46.9%), in 14 (43.8%) it had the character of a scientific justification for the expediency of using TA in the framework of psychodiagnostics, and in 3 (9.4%) it provided data on the validity of TA as a psychodiagnostic tool. Conclusions. The analysis of scientific data revealed that despite the relative novelty of TA as a psychodiagnostic tool, the most popular areas have been identified that focus on the assessment of autism spectrum disorders, cognitive function and neuropsychic profile. However, despite the prevailing popularity of the study of TA as a psychodiagnostic tool, to date the world scientific community has not been able to formulate a standard or create a unified protocol for the use of this technology for the assessment of psychopathological conditions.

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E. D. Shagina

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Author for correspondence.
Email: shaginenok@gmail.com

Institute of Clinical Psychology and Social Work, Head of the Laboratory of Practical Skills, Assistant of the Department of Clinical Psychology

Russian Federation, 125047, Moscow, 1st Miusskaya str., 22/24, bldn. 2

S. A. Matveicheva

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: markshakhov03@yandex.ru

Institute of Clinical Psychology and Social Work, Student

Russian Federation, 125047, Moscow, 1st Miusskaya str., 22/24, bldn. 2

Yu. V. Nekhaeva

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: markshakhov03@yandex.ru

Institute of Clinical Psychology and Social Work, Student

Russian Federation, 125047, Moscow, 1st Miusskaya str., 22/24, bldn. 2

S. E. Lukina

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: markshakhov03@yandex.ru

Institute of Clinical Psychology and Social Work, Student

Russian Federation, 125047, Moscow, 1st Miusskaya str., 22/24, bldn. 2

M. V. Shakhov

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: markshakhov03@yandex.ru

Institute of Clinical Psychology and Social Work, Student

Russian Federation, 125047, Moscow, 1st Miusskaya str., 22/24, bldn. 2

I. E. Kondratiev

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: markshakhov03@yandex.ru

Institute of Clinical Psychology and Social Work, Student

Russian Federation, 125047, Moscow, 1st Miusskaya str., 22/24, bldn. 2

A. A. Shishkin

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: doc.shishkin@mail.ru

Z.P. Solovyov Institute of Preventive Medicine, Candidate of Medical Sciences, researcher at the Laboratory of the Latest technologies of health-improving motor activity

Russian Federation, 129110, Moscow, Panteleevskaya str., 10

N. A. Demin

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: deminnic1@gmail.com

Z.P. Solovyov Institute of Preventive Medicine, Junior researcher at the Laboratory of the Latest technologies of recreational motor activity

Russian Federation, 129110, Moscow, Panteleevskaya str., 10

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