The Saccadic system more readily co-processes orthogonal than co-linear saccades

R. Ram-Tsur; A. Caspi; C. R. Gordon; A. Z. Zivotofsky

doi:10.1007/s00221-004-2129-1

The Saccadic system more readily co-processes orthogonal than co-linear saccades

R. Ram-Tsur, A. Caspi, C. R. Gordon, A. Z. Zivotofsky

Brain Science

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Abstract

Real-life visual tasks such as tracking jumping objects and scanning visual scenes often require a sequence of saccadic eye movements. The ability of the ocular motor system to parallel process saccades has been previously demonstrated. We recorded the monocular eye movements of five normal human subjects using the magnetic search coil technique in a double step paradigm. Initial target jumps were always purely horizontal or purely vertical. We were interested in the latency to onset of the second saccade as a function of direction in relation to the first saccade. When the inter stimulus interval (ISI) was 150 or 180 ms orthogonal second saccades were of significantly shorter latency than second co-linear saccades. When the ISI was 250 ms the latencies of orthogonal and co-linear second saccades were statistically indistinguishable. Based on these findings it is postulated that the ocular motor system can more readily co-process orthogonal than co-linear saccades.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	398-403
Number of pages	6
Journal	Experimental Brain Research
Volume	160
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-004-2129-1
State	Published - Jan 2005

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Acknowledgements This research was partially funded by a grant from the German-Israel Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF) (CRG and AZZ) and a grant from the Christians for Israel Chair in Medical Research at Bar Ilan University (AZZ). We wish to thank Smadar Shatz (Bar-Ilan University Computer Center) for help with Matlab programming. We thank Dr Nicholas Port for research assistance.

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Acknowledgements This research was partially funded by a grant from the German-Israel Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF) (CRG and AZZ) and a grant from the Christians for Israel Chair in Medical Research at Bar Ilan University (AZZ). We wish to thank Smadar Shatz (Bar-Ilan University Computer Center) for help with Matlab programming. We thank Dr Nicholas Port for research assistance.

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German–Israel Foundation for Scientific Research and Development
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development

Keywords

Double-step
Eye movement
Human
Oculomotor
Parallel processing

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