The eye on the needle

Eileen Kowler; Han Collewijn

doi:10.1038/nn1210-1443

The eye on the needle

Eileen Kowler, Han Collewijn

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Abstract

Tiny gaze shifts, or microsaccades, have little function in the eye movement control system and were once thought to be suppressed during fine spatial judgements. A new study suggests that they are important for finely guided visuomotor tasks and may actively contribute to the acquisition of spatial information in the same way as do larger saccades.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1443-1444
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Neuroscience
Volume	13
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1210-1443
State	Published - Dec 2010

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General Neuroscience

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