Eye tracking, strategies, and sex differences in virtual navigation

► Eye tracking confirmed the view that women navigate by using landmarks more than men. ► Sex differences occurred only in environments devoid of visual landmarks but disappeared with multiple landmarks. ► Sustained landmark-oriented gaze was found in women but not in men. ► Men and women used spatial and response strategies to the same extent. ► The percentage of time looking at landmarks was greater in spatial learners than in response learners.