title: Integration of competing saccade programs.
abstract: Reflexive responses are often in direct competition with voluntary control. We test two opposing explanations for how this competition is resolved with respect to eye movements. One states that the quickest activation wins. The other states that the strongest activation wins. We show that an eye movement is executed according to the strongest activation, with the competition being staged at a common subcortical site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4. AmeliaHunt@imag.net
authors.forename: Amelia R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Olk
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: von Mühlenen
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kingstone
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology*; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014836:Volition / Q000502:physiology*