title: Visual computation and saccadic eye movements: a theoretical perspective.
abstract: A simple instance of parallel computation in neural networks occurs when the eye orients to a novel visual target. Consideration of target-elicited saccadic eye movements opens the question of how spatial position is represented in the visual pathways involved in this response. It is argued that a point-for-point retinotopic coding of spatial position (the 'local sign' approach) is inadequate to account for the characteristics of the response. An alternative approach based on distributed coding is developed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Durham, England.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Findlay
mesh_terms: D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology*