TY - JOUR
T1 - Visual perception and saccadic eye movements
AU - Ibbotson, Michael
AU - Krekelberg, Bart
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Drs Shaun Cloherty, Nic Price, and Adam Morris for comments on the manuscript, the authors of the original research summarized in Figure 1 for providing us with their data, and gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Australian Research Council (MI: CE0561903), the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (MI: 525461), the US National Eye Institute (BK: R01EY017605), and the Pew Charitable Trusts (BK).
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - We use saccades several times per second to move the fovea between points of interest and build an understanding of our visual environment. Recent behavioral experiments show evidence for the integration of pre- and postsaccadic information (even subliminally), the modulation of visual sensitivity, and the rapid reallocation of attention. The recent physiological literature has identified a characteristic modulation of neural responsiveness. -. perisaccadic reduction followed by a postsaccadic increase. -. that is found in many visual areas, but whose source is as yet unknown. This modulation seems optimal for reducing sensitivity during and boosting sensitivity between saccades, but no study has yet established a direct causal link between neural and behavioral changes.
AB - We use saccades several times per second to move the fovea between points of interest and build an understanding of our visual environment. Recent behavioral experiments show evidence for the integration of pre- and postsaccadic information (even subliminally), the modulation of visual sensitivity, and the rapid reallocation of attention. The recent physiological literature has identified a characteristic modulation of neural responsiveness. -. perisaccadic reduction followed by a postsaccadic increase. -. that is found in many visual areas, but whose source is as yet unknown. This modulation seems optimal for reducing sensitivity during and boosting sensitivity between saccades, but no study has yet established a direct causal link between neural and behavioral changes.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.conb.2011.05.012
DO - 10.1016/j.conb.2011.05.012
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21646014
AN - SCOPUS:80052932220
SN - 0959-4388
VL - 21
SP - 553
EP - 558
JO - Current Opinion in Neurobiology
JF - Current Opinion in Neurobiology
IS - 4
ER -