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Visual suppression in the superior colliculus around the time of microsaccades
- Miniature eye movements jitter the retinal image unceasingly, raising the question of how perceptual continuity is achieved during visual fixation. Recent work discovered suppression of visual bursts in the superior colliculus around the time of microsaccades, tiny jerks of the eyes that support visual perception while gaze is fixed. This finding suggests that corollary discharge, supporting visual stability when rapid eye movements drastically shift the retinal image, may also exist for the smallest saccades.
Author details: | Martin Rolfs, Sven Ohl |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00862.2010 |
ISSN: | 0022-3077 |
Title of parent work (English): | Journal of neurophysiology |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
Place of publishing: | Bethesda |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2011 |
Publication year: | 2011 |
Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
Volume: | 105 |
Issue: | 1 |
Number of pages: | 3 |
First page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 3 |
Funding institution: | European Union [FP7/2007-2013, 235625] |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |