title: Visual suppression in the superior colliculus around the time of microsaccades.
abstract: Miniature eye movements jitter the retinal image unceasingly, raising the question of how perceptual continuity is achieved during visual fixation. Recent work discovered suppression of visual bursts in the superior colliculus around the time of microsaccades, tiny jerks of the eyes that support visual perception while gaze is fixed. This finding suggests that corollary discharge, supporting visual stability when rapid eye movements drastically shift the retinal image, may also exist for the smallest saccades.
authors.affiliation: New York University, Department of Psychology, 6 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA. martin.rolfs@nyu.edu
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rolfs
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohl
mesh_terms: D005403:Fixation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*