Eye movement mechanisms of mind wandering in Monitoring workers: a review
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Eye movement techniques, Cognitive mechanism, Mind wandering, Monitoring workersAbstract
Mind wandering (MW), as a prevalent phenomenon of endogenous attention shift, significantly impacts operational safety and decision-making efficiency in sustained monitoring tasks. This review integrates advancements in cognitive neuroscience and eye-tracking technology to systematically explore the visual characterization mechanisms of MW and its intervention strategies. Studies indicate that ocular features during MW—such as gaze fixation, nonlinear pupillary dynamics, and simplified saccadic patterns—exhibit significant correlations with declines in task performance, particularly in high-risk scenarios like driving and industrial monitoring. Real-time monitoring systems based on multimodal eye-tracking metrics (gaze entropy, pupillary fluctuation index, and saccadic velocity) have achieved 89.7% detection accuracy, while dynamic task adjustment and neurofeedback training effectively prolong sustained attention. Future research must address technical challenges like baseline drift and individual variability to advance third-generation quantum eye-tracking technologies in industrial safety. This paper provides a theoretical and technical framework for constructing attentional failure early-warning systems.
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