Eye tracking as a diagnostic tool in Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, and related dementias: a systematic review

Jan 1, 2026Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Using eye tracking to help diagnose Alzheimer's, mild memory problems, and related dementias

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Abstract

Seventy-one studies were evaluated, revealing that antisaccade tasks consistently distinguish Alzheimer's disease and from healthy controls.

  • Impaired accuracy, longer latencies, and reduced gain were observed in antisaccade tasks for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment.
  • Non-saccadic tasks indicated reduced exploratory behavior in Alzheimer's disease, while findings for mild cognitive impairment were mixed.
  • A significant limitation was the absence of cohorts defined by current biological criteria, which may affect clinical applications.
  • Machine-learning models and deep neural networks demonstrated accuracies ranging from 0.72 to 0.97 in a subset of studies.

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Key numbers

71
Study Count
Total studies included in the systematic review.
0.72 to 0.97
Range
Reported accuracies of classical machine-learning models using eye tracking metrics.
$818 billion
Cost of Care
Estimated global economic toll of in 2015.

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