title: Motion deblurring during pursuit tracking improves spatial-interval acuity.
abstract: The extent of perceived blur produced by a moving retinal image is less when the image motion occurs during pursuit eye movements compared to fixation. This study examined the effect of this reduced perception of motion blur during pursuit on spatial-interval acuity. Observers judged during pursuit at 4 or 8 deg/s whether the horizontal separation between two stationary lines was larger or smaller than a standard. Three different line separations were tested for each pursuit velocity. Each observer performed these judgments also during fixation, for spatial-interval stimuli that moved with the same mean and standard deviation of speeds as the distribution of eye velocities during pursuit. Spatial-interval acuity was better during pursuit than fixation for small or intermediate line separations. The results indicate that a reduction of perceived motion blur during pursuit eye movements can lead to improved visual performance.
authors: College of Optometry, 505 J. Davis Armistead Building, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2020, USA.
authors: Michael J
authors: MJ
authors: Moulder
authors: Jin
authors: J
authors: Qian
authors: Harold E
authors: HE
authors: Bedell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011698:Pursuit, Smooth / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
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