title: The time course of vertical, horizontal and oblique saccade trajectories: Evidence for greater distractor interference during vertical saccades.
abstract: The present study aimed to characterize the effect of a nearby distractor on vertical, horizontal, and oblique saccade curvature under normal saccade preparation times. Consistent with previous findings, longer-latency vertical saccades showed greater curvature away from a distractor than did oblique or horizontal saccades. At short latencies, vertical saccades also showed greater curvature towards the distractor. A neural explanation for why vertical saccades show greater interference from a distractor is theorized.
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. klaidlaw@psych.ubc.ca
authors.forename: Kaitlin E W
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Laidlaw
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kingstone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012438:Saccades; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult