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In the Short-Term Memory Game with eye tracking, TLE patients took a longer time to find the memorized items [<jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic>(1, 57) = 17.30, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001]. They had longer first fixation [<jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic>(1, 57) = 4.06, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.049] and more visit counts [<jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic>(1, 57) = 7.58, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.008] on the target during the recall. Furthermore, the performance of the patients in the Digit Span task was negatively correlated with the total number of IEDs [<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>(28) = \u22120.463, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.013] and the number of spikes per sleep cycle [<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>(28) = \u22120.420, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.026].<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> Eye tracking appears to be a quantitative, objective measure of memory evaluation, demonstrating memory retrieval deficits but preserved visual attention in TLE patients. 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