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Microsaccades are triggered by low retinal image slip

Engbert, Ralf, Mergenthaler, Konstantin·2006·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.1073/pnas.0509557103
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Even during visual fixation of a stationary target, our eyes perform rather erratic miniature movements, which represent a random walk. These “fixational” eye movements counteract perceptual fading, a consequence of fast adaptation of the retinal receptor systems to constant input. The most important contribution to fixational eye movements is produced by microsaccades; however, a specific function of microsaccades only recently has been found. Here we show that the occurrence of microsaccades is correlated with low retinal image slip ≈200 ms before microsaccade onset. This result suggests that microsaccades are triggered dynamically, in contrast to the current view that microsaccades are randomly distributed in time characterized by their rate-of-occurrence of 1 to 2 per second. As a result of the dynamic triggering mechanism, individual microsaccade rate can be predicted by the fractal dimension of trajectories. Finally, we propose a minimal computational model for the dynamic triggering of microsaccades.

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Authors
Engbert, R., & Mergenthaler, K.
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2006-05-02
Volume
103
Issue
18
Pages
7192-7197
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
DOI
10.1073/pnas.0509557103
OpenAlex
W1966067027
Cited by
575
References
5
FWCI
5.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
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