Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4035859 | Vision Research | 2007 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
We investigated localization of brief visual targets during reflexive eye movements (optokinetic nystagmus). Subjects mislocalized these targets in the direction of the slow eye movement. This error decreased shortly before a saccade and temporarily increased afterwards. The pattern of mislocalization differs markedly from mislocalization during voluntary eye movements in the presence of visual references, but (spatially) resembles mislocalization during voluntary eye movements in darkness. Because neither reflexive eye movements nor voluntary eye movements in darkness have explicit (visual) goals, these data support the view that visual goals support perceptual stability as an important link between pre- and post-saccadic scenes.
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Authors
Andre Kaminiarz, Bart Krekelberg, Frank Bremmer,