Ocular pursuit of predicted motion trajectories.
The initiation and maintenance of slow eye movements (SEMs) usually depend on the perception of a moving stimulus. However, the endogenous representation of predictable target motion can be sufficient to initiate and maintain brief episodes of SEM even when the stimulus is not present. In this note, we show that expectancies generated by predictable stimulus motion trajectories can also produce smooth deceleration, reversal of direction, and subsequent acceleration in these movements, and explore the limits of the predictive component of the SEM control system quantitatively.
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Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755-6207, USA. kestutis.kveraga@dartmouth.edu
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