Saccades - Physiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The responses of visual neurons in the frontal eye field are biased for saccades.

2 Nov 2009 Previous research suggests that visually responsive neurons in the frontal eye field (FEF) respond to visual targets even when they are not the goal of a saccadic eye movement. These results raise the possibility that these neurons respond to visual ... Read more...

Spatiotemporal distortions of visual perception at the time of saccades.

19 Oct 2009 Both space and time are grossly distorted during saccades. Here we show that the two distortions are strongly linked, and that both could be a consequence of the transient remapping mechanisms that affect visual neurons perisaccadically. We measured ... Read more...

Cerebellar contributions to adaptive control of saccades in humans.

12 Oct 2009 The cerebellum may monitor motor commands and through internal feedback correct for anticipated errors. Saccades provide a test of this idea because these movements are completed too quickly for sensory feedback to be useful. Earlier, we reported ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Saccades - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The responses of visual neurons in the frontal eye field are biased for saccades. 2 Nov 2009
• Spatiotemporal distortions of visual perception at the time of saccades. 19 Oct 2009
• Cerebellar contributions to adaptive control of saccades in humans. 12 Oct 2009
• The maturation of task set-related activation supports late developmental improvements in inhibitory control. 5 Oct 2009
• Neural dynamics of saccadic suppression. 5 Oct 2009
• Human microsaccade-related visual brain responses. 28 Sep 2009
• Color-related signals in the primate superior colliculus. 28 Sep 2009
• Mislocalization of flashed and stationary visual stimuli after adaptation of reactive and scanning saccades. 31 Aug 2009
• Sinusoidal smooth pursuit eye tracking at different stimulus frequencies: position error and velocity error before catch-up saccades in schizophrenia and in major depressive disorder. 30 Aug 2009
• Microsaccades: a neurophysiological analysis. 24 Aug 2009
• Evidence for cognitive vestibular integration impairment in idiopathic scoliosis patients. 23 Aug 2009
• The saccade-related local field potentials of the superior colliculus: a functional marker for localizing the periventricular and periaqueductal gray. 30 Jul 2009
• Target selection by the frontal cortex during coordinated saccadic and smooth pursuit eye movements. 30 Jul 2009
• A microsaccadic rhythm modulates gamma-band synchronization and behavior. 27 Jul 2009
• Dynamic sensitivity of area V4 neurons during saccade preparation. 19 Jul 2009
• "The eyes have it". Saccadometry and Parkinson's disease. 16 Jul 2009
• Lexical competition during second-language listening: sentence context, but not proficiency, constrains interference from the native lexicon. 29 Jun 2009
• Saccades and prefrontal hemodynamics in basketball players. 28 Jun 2009
• Early and late modulation of saccade deviations by target distractor similarity. 22 Jun 2009
• Visual perception: saccadic omission--suppression or temporal masking? 21 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Saccades'

Definition: An abrupt voluntary shift in ocular fixation from one point to another, as occurs in reading.

Descriptor UI: D012438

Alternative terms: Saccades; Saccade; Saccadic Eye Movements; Eye Movement, Saccadic; Eye Movements, Saccadic; Movement, Saccadic Eye; Movements, Saccadic Eye; Saccadic Eye Movement; Pursuit, Saccadic; Pursuits, Saccadic; Saccadic Pursuit; Saccadic Pursuits;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: G14.640.260.500;

History Note: 91(75); was see under EYE MOVEMENTS 1975-90