Microsaccades: A microcosm for research on oculomotor control, attention, and visual perception.

@article{citeulike:2305580, abstract = {Miniature eye movements occur involuntarily during visual fixation. The most prominent contribution to these fixational eye movements is generated by microsaccades, which are rapid small-amplitude saccades with a rate of about one per second. Recent work demonstrates that microsaccades are optimized to counteract perceptual fading during perception of a stationary scene. Furthermore, microsaccades are modulated by visual attention and turned out to generate rich spatio-temporal dynamics. We conclude that the investigation of microsaccades will evolve into a new research field contributing to many facets of oculomotor control, visual perception, and the allocation of attention.}, address = {Computational Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, PO Box 601553, 14415 Potsdam, Germany. engbert@rz.uni-pstdam.de}, author = {Engbert, R. }, citeulike-article-id = {2305580}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6123(06)54009-9}, issn = {0079-6123}, journal = {Prog Brain Res}, keywords = {microsaccades}, pages = {177--192}, posted-at = {2008-01-30 00:54:31}, priority = {0}, title = {Microsaccades: A microcosm for research on oculomotor control, attention, and visual perception.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6123(06)54009-9}, volume = {154}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2305580 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2305580 TI - Microsaccades: A microcosm for research on oculomotor control, attention, and visual perception. JF - Prog Brain Res VL - 154 SP - 177 EP - 192 AD - Computational Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, PO Box 601553, 14415 Potsdam, Germany. engbert@rz.uni-pstdam.de SN - 0079-6123 N2 - Miniature eye movements occur involuntarily during visual fixation. The most prominent contribution to these fixational eye movements is generated by microsaccades, which are rapid small-amplitude saccades with a rate of about one per second. Recent work demonstrates that microsaccades are optimized to counteract perceptual fading during perception of a stationary scene. Furthermore, microsaccades are modulated by visual attention and turned out to generate rich spatio-temporal dynamics. We conclude that the investigation of microsaccades will evolve into a new research field contributing to many facets of oculomotor control, visual perception, and the allocation of attention. KW - microsaccades AU - Engbert, R PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6123(06)54009-9 ER -