If your task requires examining one's perceptual behavior in visual task, then using eye-tracking technology is useful. On the other hand, eye movement results carry much information, so you need to know the meaning of eye parameters in order to interpret such results properly.
NB: I recommend checking the literature, and see what people did in the same topic.
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