During an experiment at the University of Southern Australia, scientists managed to teach artificial intelligence to determine the type of personality in the motion of the eye.

Eyes can tell a lot about a person. They signal certain thoughts and feelings, and other people deliberately or unknowingly read this information during personal communication. Neuropsychologist Tobias Letters and his colleagues asked 50 volunteers to fill out questionnaires containing information on five main features of personality: openness to new experiences, conscientiousness, extraversion, benevolence and neuroticism. Each participant also wore a headset that tracks eye movements during everyday activities.

Then artificial intelligence analyzed the data. According to scientists, he was able to identify certain patterns and compare them with the main psychological profiles. So far, high-precision technology has not achieved, but the authors of the project have noted that this is a significant step forward. The result was an average of 15% more precisely the random comparison.

“This study provides new opportunities for the development of robots and computers so that they can become more natural and better interpret the human’s social signals,” said Tobias Letchier.