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- Title
Our eyes deviate away from a location where a distractor is expected to appear.
- Authors
Van Der Stigchel, Stefan; Theeuwes, Jan
- Abstract
Previous research has shown that in order to make an accurate saccade to a target object, nearby distractor objects need to be inhibited. The extent to which saccade trajectories deviate away from a distractor is often considered to be an index of the strength of inhibition. The present study shows that the mere expectation that a distractor will appear at a specific location is enough to generate saccade deviations away from this location. This suggests that higher-order cognitive processes such as top-down expectancy interact with low-level structures involved in eye movement control. The results will be discussed in the light of current theories of target selection and possible neurophysiological correlates.
- Subjects
SACCADIC eye movements; EYE; RESPONSE inhibition; SUPERIOR colliculus; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS
- Publication
Experimental Brain Research, 2006, Vol 169, Issue 3, p338
- ISSN
0014-4819
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00221-005-0147-2