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Saccades and pursuit: two outcomes of a single sensorimotor process
Author(s) -
Orban de Xivry JeanJacques,
Lefèvre Philippe
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.139881
Subject(s) - smooth pursuit , eye movement , psychology , neurophysiology , neuroscience , process (computing) , saccadic eye movement , saccadic masking , physical medicine and rehabilitation , computer science , medicine , operating system
Saccades and smooth pursuit eye movements are two different modes of oculomotor control. Saccades are primarily directed toward stationary targets whereas smooth pursuit is elicited to track moving targets. In recent years, behavioural and neurophysiological data demonstrated that both types of eye movements work in synergy for visual tracking. This suggests that saccades and pursuit are two outcomes of a single sensorimotor process that aims at orienting the visual axis.