Visual Perception of Direction for Stimuli Flashed During Voluntary Saccadic Eye Movements

In two different experiments, subjects reported on the visual direction of a flash presented during a voluntary saccade relative to the visual direction of a stimulus viewed prior to the saccade. Under the conditions of the first experiment the report given by the subject was primarily determined by...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1965-06, Vol.148 (3676), p.1485-1488
Main Authors: Matin, Leonard, Pearce, Douglas G.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Comparators
Electric potential
Experimentation
Eyes
Fovea
Proprioception
Retina
Retinal images
Saccades
Sea level
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Summary:In two different experiments, subjects reported on the visual direction of a flash presented during a voluntary saccade relative to the visual direction of a stimulus viewed prior to the saccade. Under the conditions of the first experiment the report given by the subject was primarily determined by the relative retinal positions of the two stimuli. In the second experiment evidence was obtained for precisely timed shifts in local signs which are due to proprioceptive compensation for changes in ocular position during the saccade.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.148.3676.1485