Often considered one of the most important sensory process of knowledge, memory is the psychic process by which information is imprinted, stored, protected against time passing, accessed and easily updated, when the situation calls for it. Memory is the basis for human evolution and knowledge gathering and is in a tight interaction and interdependency with all other psychic processes, both influencing and being influenced by them. The human sensory system, through its receptors (visual, auditive, olfactory, taste and kinetic) is the main pathway through which information is gathered from the environment. No matter if we refer to classical learning or the use of e-learning platforms, the optimal functioning of the visual system ensures the acquisition of over 70% of information presented. Eye-tracking is nowadays a widely used technology that allows easy identification of visual and behavioural problems, which could have serious consequences on the normal development of the individual and on memory. The first part of the paper presents, in a condensed fashion, the typologies of mono and binocular movements. It also looks at concentration capacity and the convergence of visual axes in the process of accomodation and fixation, both evaluated in terms of specific tasks involving memorization. The information in the second part of the paper relates to the development and implementation of a methodology for the correlation of ocular movements supervised by an eye-tracking system, with recognition capabilities of the characteristics of certain visual stimuli. The third part of the paper presents observations and conclusions related to modelling and the correlation of the visual mechanism with the level and type of memory used, with the objective of understanding information that will be processed and stored by long term memory.

ocular movements, visual memory, perception, eye tracking