Expansion of visual space after saccadic eye movements. 2003

Soohyun Cho, and Choongkil Lee
Department of Psychology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. beachblu@hanmail.net

Human subjects reported the perceived two-dimensional location of a visual target that was briefly presented after a saccade in the absence of visual references. Consistent with previous studies, immediately after horizontal saccades, there was a salient horizontal component in mislocalization in the direction opposite to the saccade. However, the horizontal component in mislocalization was not constant and was larger for targets presented further into the visual field contraversive to the saccade. For the same horizontal saccades, the vertical component in mislocalization was also obvious, and it was larger for targets located further away from the saccade trajectory. The saccadic effects resulted in an overall pattern of mislocalization that could be best described as a two-dimensional expansion of visual space. The point of expansive origin was not associated with the saccade goal, but was shifted from the saccade goal in the direction of the saccade. These results suggest that spatial information processing at the time of saccades reflects topographic interactions between neural activations from saccade execution and the visual target. The configuration of mislocalized positions of single point stimuli along a line was not comparable to the pattern of non-veridical motion perception described by Park, Lee & Lee (2001), indicating that spatial mislocalization and non-veridical motion perception after saccades are independent phenomena.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011597 Psychomotor Performance The coordination of a sensory or ideational (cognitive) process and a motor activity. Perceptual Motor Performance,Sensory Motor Performance,Visual Motor Coordination,Coordination, Visual Motor,Coordinations, Visual Motor,Motor Coordination, Visual,Motor Coordinations, Visual,Motor Performance, Perceptual,Motor Performance, Sensory,Motor Performances, Perceptual,Motor Performances, Sensory,Perceptual Motor Performances,Performance, Perceptual Motor,Performance, Psychomotor,Performance, Sensory Motor,Performances, Perceptual Motor,Performances, Psychomotor,Performances, Sensory Motor,Psychomotor Performances,Sensory Motor Performances,Visual Motor Coordinations
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D012438 Saccades An abrupt voluntary shift in ocular fixation from one point to another, as occurs in reading. Pursuit, Saccadic,Saccadic Eye Movements,Eye Movement, Saccadic,Eye Movements, Saccadic,Movement, Saccadic Eye,Movements, Saccadic Eye,Pursuits, Saccadic,Saccade,Saccadic Eye Movement,Saccadic Pursuit,Saccadic Pursuits
D013028 Space Perception The awareness of the spatial properties of objects; includes physical space. Perception, Space,Perceptions, Space,Space Perceptions

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