The Influence of Distractors on Saccade-Target Selection: Saccade Trajectory Effects
It has long been known that the path (trajectory) taken by the eye to land on a target is rarely straight (Yarbus, 1967). Furthermore, the magnitude and direction of this natural tendency for curvature can be modulated by the presence of a competing distractor stimulus presented along with the sacca...
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| description | It has long been known that the path (trajectory) taken by the eye to land on a target is rarely straight (Yarbus, 1967). Furthermore, the magnitude and direction of this natural tendency for curvature can be modulated by the presence of a competing distractor stimulus presented along with the saccade target. The distractor-related modulation of saccade trajectories provides a subtle measure of the underlying competitive processes involved in saccade target selection. Here we review some of our own studies into the effects distractors have on saccade trajectories, which can be regarded as a way of probing the competitive balance between target and distractor salience. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3fccb87b96bc418fb47f06b7474978c52025-08-20T01:55:02ZengMDPI AGJournal of Eye Movement Research1995-86922008-12-012310.16910/jemr.2.3.7The Influence of Distractors on Saccade-Target Selection: Saccade Trajectory EffectsRobin Walker0Eugene McSorley1Royal Holloway, University of LondonUniversity of ReadingIt has long been known that the path (trajectory) taken by the eye to land on a target is rarely straight (Yarbus, 1967). Furthermore, the magnitude and direction of this natural tendency for curvature can be modulated by the presence of a competing distractor stimulus presented along with the saccade target. The distractor-related modulation of saccade trajectories provides a subtle measure of the underlying competitive processes involved in saccade target selection. Here we review some of our own studies into the effects distractors have on saccade trajectories, which can be regarded as a way of probing the competitive balance between target and distractor salience.https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/2272saccadetrajectorydistractorsuperior colliculusfrontal eye fieldTMS |
| spellingShingle | Robin Walker Eugene McSorley The Influence of Distractors on Saccade-Target Selection: Saccade Trajectory Effects Journal of Eye Movement Research saccade trajectory distractor superior colliculus frontal eye field TMS |
| title | The Influence of Distractors on Saccade-Target Selection: Saccade Trajectory Effects |
| title_full | The Influence of Distractors on Saccade-Target Selection: Saccade Trajectory Effects |
| title_fullStr | The Influence of Distractors on Saccade-Target Selection: Saccade Trajectory Effects |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of Distractors on Saccade-Target Selection: Saccade Trajectory Effects |
| title_short | The Influence of Distractors on Saccade-Target Selection: Saccade Trajectory Effects |
| title_sort | influence of distractors on saccade target selection saccade trajectory effects |
| topic | saccade trajectory distractor superior colliculus frontal eye field TMS |
| url | https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/2272 |
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