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The location marker effect. Saccadic latency increases with target eccentricity.

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  • 1Division of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, Imperial College, Faculty of Medicine, Charing Cross Campus, 10th Floor East Wing, St Dunstans Road, London W6 8RP, UK. t.hodgson@ic.ac.uk

Experimental Brain Research
|August 13, 2002
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In cluttered environments, target location affects saccade (eye movement) speed, unlike in empty fields. This suggests attentional factors influence how quickly we look at things in natural vision.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Vision Science

Background:

  • Previous research indicated retinal eccentricity minimally impacts saccade latency.
  • Studies typically used uncluttered visual fields, unlike natural viewing conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of target location markers on saccade latency.
  • To compare saccade latencies in empty versus cluttered visual fields.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed saccade tasks with and without location markers.
  • Target stimuli were presented at varying retinal eccentricities.

Main Results:

  • Replicated previous findings of no eccentricity effect in empty fields.

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  • Found a significant eccentricity effect when location markers were present.
  • Observed faster saccade latencies for near-visual targets with markers.

    • Conclusions:

    • Saccade latency is modulated by target eccentricity in naturalistic viewing.
    • Competitive attentional interactions likely explain this effect in saccade target selection.