Open AccessSTUDY OF EYE MOVEMENTS AS A RESEARCH TOOL IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Author(s) -
Alessandra Rufa
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the siena academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2279-882X
pISSN - 2279-8811
DOI - 10.4081/jsas.2009.59
Subject(s) - eye movement , fixation (population genetics) , neuroscience , perception , psychology , cognitive neuroscience , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , cognition , visual perception , medicine , population , environmental health
More than 60% of cerebral activity is associated with vision. Large cortical areas from the occipital to frontal regions are involved in visual processes and almost 90% of vision time is devoted to fixation. When things are apprehended by the senses, the number that can be attended to at once is small: “Pluribus intentus, minor est ad singola sensus” William James. This is especially true for the visual system, the limited perception-related informational capacity of which, is due to its neurobiological characteristics