Predictive behavior of optokinetic eye movements.
Optokinetic nystagmus is often thought of as a "primitive" oculomotor response, while smooth pursuit is thought of as a "higher" one. We have used conditions that are usually thought of as eliciting optokinetic responses; i.e., large-field stimuli confined to the retinal periphery, and instructions to subjects to respond passively. In spite of this, the responses showed predictive behavior similar to that described for smooth pursuit.
Wyatt
H J
HJ
Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research, SUNY State College of Optometry 10010.
Pola
J
J
D005133:Eye Movements; D006801:Humans; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011698:Pursuit, Smooth; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology*