DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING MODES OF HUMAN SACCADIC EYE-MOVEMENTS AS A FUNCTION OF STIMULUS ECCENTRICITY - INDICATIONS OF A FUNCTIONAL SUBDIVISION OF VISUAL-FIELD
DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING MODES OF HUMAN SACCADIC EYE-MOVEMENTS AS A FUNCTION OF STIMULUS ECCENTRICITY - INDICATIONS OF A FUNCTIONAL SUBDIVISION OF VISUAL-FIELD
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00344150
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
POPPEL, E
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作者:
FROST, D;POPPEL, E
Voluntary saccadic eye movements were made toward flashes of light on the horizontal meridian, whose duration and distance from the point of fixation were varied; eye movements were measured using DC electrooculography. Targets within 10.degree.-15.degree. eccentricity were usually reached by 1 saccadic eye movement. When the eyes turned toward targets of more than 10.degree.-15.degree. eccentricity, the 1st saccadic eye movement fell short of the target by an angle usually not exceeding 10.degree.. The presence of the image of the target off the fovea (visual error signal) subsequent to such an undershoot elicited, after a short interval, corrective saccades (usually one) which placed the image of the target on the fovea. Saccadic eye movements appeared to be programmed in retinal coordinates. Irrespective of the initial position of the eyes in the orbit, there were different programming modes for eye movements to targets within and beyond 10.degree.-15.degree. from the fixation point, and the maximum velocity of saccadic eye movements was always reached at 25.degree.-30.degree. target eccentricity. Distributions of latency and intersaccadic interval (ISI) were frequently multimodal, with a separation between modes of 30-40 ms. Saccadic eye movements may be produced by mechanisms which, at a frequency of 30 Hz, process visual information. Corrective saccades may occur after extremely short intervals (30-60 ms) regardless of whether or not a visual error signal is present; the eyes may not even come to a complete stop during these very short intersaccadic intervals.