Bilateral eye movements appear to enhance true memory and decrease the extent to which subjects rely or make use of *gist based false memory. Findings for recognition memory build on earlier work showing sideways eye movements improve the accuracy of recall.

There is a positive correlation between the number of eye movements that a participant made while viewing a picture and their subsequent memory for that picture. Researchers have linked eye movements to **visuo-spatial working memory and external projection of mental imagery.

Research suggests that bilateral eye movements can enhance interhemispheric interaction which in turn was theorised to have a role to play in episodic memory processes

You could also look into the Saccade-induced retrieval enhancement (SIRE) effect.

*Gist-based errors occur when people extract the gist, or general information about thematic content, but fail to encode or retrieve verbatim, item-specific distinguishing details (Brainerd & Reyna, 2002; Koutstaal & Schacter, 1997). **Visuospatial working memory is the ability to retain and process an object's identity and spatial location is essential for many daily tasks, often referred to as visual-spatial working memory.

Our eye movements help us retrieve memories