The concurrent programming of saccades

McSorley, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2054-879X, McCloy, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2333-9640 and Williams, L. (2016) The concurrent programming of saccades. PLoS ONE, 11 (12). e0168724. ISSN 1932-6203 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168724

Abstract/Summary

Sequences of saccades have been shown to be prepared concurrently however it remains unclear exactly what aspects of those saccades are programmed in parallel. To examine this participants were asked to make one or two target-driven saccades: a reflexive saccade; a voluntary saccade; a reflexive then a voluntary saccade; or vice versa. During the first response the position of a second target was manipulated. The new location of the second saccade target was found to impact on second saccade latencies and second saccade accuracy showing that some aspects of the second saccade program are prepared in parallel with the first. However, differences were found in the specific pattern of effects for each sequence type. These differences fit well within a general framework for saccade control in which a common priority map for saccade control is computed and the influence of saccade programs on one another depends not so much on the types of saccade being produced but rather on the rate at which their programs develop.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/68539
Identification Number/DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0168724
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Psychology Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Perception and Action
Publisher	Public Library of Science
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