Eye-movement-dependent loss in vision and its time course during vergence. 1986

K A Manning

The attenuation of vision that has long been known to accompany saccadic eye movement has a significant component that is not attributable to visual masking or image smear, and this suppression of vision is now associated with nonsaccadic movement. The purpose of the present experiment was to determine the time course of visual suppression during a vergence eye movement. Suppression was evaluated psychophysically in human observers by measuring their loss of sensitivity to a brief, full-field decrement of light during 6 degrees-9 degrees convergence. Vergence-related suppression was similar in total duration and amplitude to saccadic and blink-related suppression. Since these other forms of oculomotor activity are vastly different in speed and total duration, it is unlikely that suppression results directly from the activity itself. Instead, these results support the hypothesis that a common, more centrally originating, suppression of vision occurs during eye movements, including saccades, eyeblinks, and vergence. Thus, while vision during eye movements can often be reduced through masking and smearing effects, the movement-dependent visual suppression measured in these experiments is a more generally occurring event.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008027 Light That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range. Light, Visible,Photoradiation,Radiation, Visible,Visible Radiation,Photoradiations,Radiations, Visible,Visible Light,Visible Radiations
D009184 Mydriatics Agents that dilate the pupil. They may be either sympathomimetics or parasympatholytics. Cycloplegic,Cycloplegics,Mydriatic,Mydriatic Effect,Mydriatic Effects,Effect, Mydriatic,Effects, Mydriatic
D003290 Convergence, Ocular The turning inward of the lines of sight toward each other. Convergences, Ocular,Ocular Convergence,Ocular Convergences
D004585 Electrooculography Recording of the average amplitude of the resting potential arising between the cornea and the retina in light and dark adaptation as the eyes turn a standard distance to the right and the left. The increase in potential with light adaptation is used to evaluate the condition of the retinal pigment epithelium. EOG,Electrooculograms,Electrooculogram
D005133 Eye Movements Voluntary or reflex-controlled movements of the eye. Eye Movement,Movement, Eye,Movements, Eye
D005403 Fixation, Ocular Positioning and accommodation of eyes that allows the image to be brought into place on the FOVEA CENTRALIS of each eye. Focusing, Ocular,Ocular Fixation,Eye Gaze,Eye Gazes,Gaze, Eye,Gazes, Eye,Ocular Focusing
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor
D014785 Vision, Ocular The process in which light signals are transformed by the PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS into electrical signals which can then be transmitted to the brain. Vision,Light Signal Transduction, Visual,Ocular Vision,Visual Light Signal Transduction,Visual Phototransduction,Visual Transduction,Phototransduction, Visual,Transduction, Visual

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