title: A field theory of saccade generation: temporal-to-spatial transform in the superior colliculus.
abstract: Recent models have placed the superior colliculus inside the local feedback loop that generates the pulse of innervation needed to make a saccade. Such closed-loop models need to take into account the different coordinate systems of visual and motor signals. This paper presents a computational model showing how the superior colliculus can bring the visual and motor information together in a common reference frame.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-4435, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Optican
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology; D005246:Feedback / Q000502:physiology; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D009434:Neural Pathways; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology*; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*