TY  - JOUR
A1  - Herrmann, Carl J. J.
A1  - Metzler, Ralf
T1  - A self-avoiding walk with neural delays as a model of fixational eye movements
T2  - Scientific reports
N2  - Fixational eye movements show scaling behaviour of the positional mean-squared displacement with a characteristic transition from persistence to antipersistence for increasing time-lag. These statistical patterns were found to be mainly shaped by microsaccades (fast, small-amplitude movements). However, our re-analysis of fixational eye-movement data provides evidence that the slow component (physiological drift) of the eyes exhibits scaling behaviour of the mean-squared displacement that varies across human participants. These results suggest that drift is a correlated movement that interacts with microsaccades. Moreover, on the long time scale, the mean-squared displacement of the drift shows oscillations, which is also present in the displacement auto-correlation function. This finding lends support to the presence of time-delayed feedback in the control of drift movements. Based on an earlier non-linear delayed feedback model of fixational eye movements, we propose and discuss different versions of a new model that combines a self-avoiding walk with time delay. As a result, we identify a model that reproduces oscillatory correlation functions, the transition from persistence to antipersistence, and microsaccades.
Y1  - 2017
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/40373
SN  - 2045-2322
VL  - 7
SP  - 1
EP  - 17
PB  - Springer Nature
CY  - London
ER  -