Microsaccades under monocular viewing conditions
Among the eye movements during fixation, the function of small saccades occuring quite commonly at fixation is still unclear. It has been reported that a substantial number of these microsaccades seem to occur in only one of the eyes. The aim of the present study is to investigate microsaccades in m...
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| author | Wilhelm Bernhard Kloke Wolfgang Jaschinski Stephanie Jainta |
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| description | Among the eye movements during fixation, the function of small saccades occuring quite commonly at fixation is still unclear. It has been reported that a substantial number of these microsaccades seem to occur in only one of the eyes. The aim of the present study is to investigate microsaccades in monocular stimulation conditions. Although this is an artificial test condition which does not occur in natural vision, this monocular presentation paradigm allows for a critical test of a presumptive monocular mechanism of saccade generation. Results in these conditions can be compared with the normal binocular stimulation mode. We checked the statistical properties of microsaccades under monocular stimulation conditions and found no indication for specific interactions for monocularly detected small saccades, which might be present if they were based on a monocular physiological activation mechanism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5957d6efc4484679bb093e833f83795b2022-12-21T19:45:38ZengBern Open PublishingJournal of Eye Movement Research1995-86922009-07-013110.16910/jemr.3.1.2Microsaccades under monocular viewing conditionsWilhelm Bernhard Kloke0Wolfgang Jaschinski1Stephanie Jainta2Leibniz-Institut für Arbeitsforschung an der TU DortmundLeibniz-Institut für Arbeitsforschung an der TU DortmundLeibniz-Institut für Arbeitsforschung an der TU DortmundAmong the eye movements during fixation, the function of small saccades occuring quite commonly at fixation is still unclear. It has been reported that a substantial number of these microsaccades seem to occur in only one of the eyes. The aim of the present study is to investigate microsaccades in monocular stimulation conditions. Although this is an artificial test condition which does not occur in natural vision, this monocular presentation paradigm allows for a critical test of a presumptive monocular mechanism of saccade generation. Results in these conditions can be compared with the normal binocular stimulation mode. We checked the statistical properties of microsaccades under monocular stimulation conditions and found no indication for specific interactions for monocularly detected small saccades, which might be present if they were based on a monocular physiological activation mechanism.https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/2286microsaccadesfixationbinocular coordinationeye movements |
| spellingShingle | Wilhelm Bernhard Kloke Wolfgang Jaschinski Stephanie Jainta Microsaccades under monocular viewing conditions Journal of Eye Movement Research microsaccades fixation binocular coordination eye movements |
| title | Microsaccades under monocular viewing conditions |
| title_full | Microsaccades under monocular viewing conditions |
| title_fullStr | Microsaccades under monocular viewing conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microsaccades under monocular viewing conditions |
| title_short | Microsaccades under monocular viewing conditions |
| title_sort | microsaccades under monocular viewing conditions |
| topic | microsaccades fixation binocular coordination eye movements |
| url | https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/2286 |
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