Long-term sensorimotor adaptation in the ocular following system of primates.
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SUBMITTER: Hietanen MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5714349 | biostudies-literature | 2017
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Long-term sensorimotor adaptation in the ocular following system of primates.
Hietanen Markus A MA Price Nicholas S C NSC Cloherty Shaun L SL Hadjidimitrakis Kostas K Ibbotson Michael R MR
PloS one 20171204 12
The sudden movement of a wide-field image leads to a reflexive eye tracking response referred to as short-latency ocular following. If the image motion occurs soon after a saccade the initial speed of the ocular following is enhanced, a phenomenon known as post-saccadic enhancement. We show in macaque monkeys that repeated exposure to the same stimulus regime over a period of months leads to progressive increases in the initial speeds of ocular following. The improvement in tracking speed occurs ...[more]
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