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Reversed short-latency ocular following.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12169427     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Using the scleral search coil technique to monitor eye movements, we recorded short-latency ocular following responses to displacement steps of large random-dot patterns. On half of the trials, the luminance of the dots and background were reversed during the step, a procedure that is known to reverse the direction of the perceived motion ("reverse phi"). Steps without luminance reversal induced small but consistent ocular following in the direction of the steps at ultra-short latency (<80 ms). Steps with luminance reversal induced small but consistent tracking at the same latency but in the direction opposite to the actual displacement. Tuning curves describing the dependence of initial ocular following on the amplitude of the displacement had a form approximating the derivative of a Gaussian and were well fit by Gabor functions, the cosine term being phase shifted approximately 180 degrees by the luminance reversal. This result is consistent with the idea that the initial ocular following is mediated, at least in part, by first-order (luminance) motion-energy detectors.
Authors:
G S Masson; D-S Yang; F A Miles
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Vision research     Volume:  42     ISSN:  0042-6989     ISO Abbreviation:  Vision Res.     Publication Date:  2002 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-08-09     Completed Date:  2002-11-06     Revised Date:  2010-09-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0417402     Medline TA:  Vision Res     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2081-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. masson@lnf.cnrs-mrs.fr
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Eye Movements*
Humans
Lighting
Motion Perception / physiology*
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Photic Stimulation / methods
Psychophysics
Reaction Time / physiology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
Z01 EY000153-24/EY/NEI NIH HHS
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