TY - JOUR

T1 - Multi-stepping saccadic sequences in humans.

AU - Crawford, Trevor J.

PY - 1991/2

Y1 - 1991/2

N2 - A number of paradigms are reported in which multi-stepping saccadic sequences (MSS) are reliably elicited in normal subjects. It was observed that MSS are consistently associated with a prolongation of the initial saccade latency. Further experiments show that this phenomenon is validated across a number of independent eye movement tasks. However, the probability of MSS occurring is reduced when temporal constraints are imposed on the latency of the response. An interpretation of these task-elicited MSS in terms of the neural mechanisms controlling voluntary saccades is proposed.

AB - A number of paradigms are reported in which multi-stepping saccadic sequences (MSS) are reliably elicited in normal subjects. It was observed that MSS are consistently associated with a prolongation of the initial saccade latency. Further experiments show that this phenomenon is validated across a number of independent eye movement tasks. However, the probability of MSS occurring is reduced when temporal constraints are imposed on the latency of the response. An interpretation of these task-elicited MSS in terms of the neural mechanisms controlling voluntary saccades is proposed.

U2 - 10.1016/0001-6918(91)90051-Z

DO - 10.1016/0001-6918(91)90051-Z

M3 - Journal article

VL - 76

SP - 11

EP - 29

JO - Acta Psychologica

JF - Acta Psychologica

SN - 0001-6918

IS - 1

ER -