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Investigating the Deployment of Visual Attention Before Accurate and Averaging Saccades via Eye Tracking and Assessment of Visual Sensitivity
Published on: March 18, 2019
Where do i look? From attention to action in the frontal eye field
1Department of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Psychology, University of Western Ontario, Robards Research Institute, 100 Perth Drive, London, Ontario N6A 5K8, Canada. severlin@uwo.ca
Abstract:
The frontal eye field (FEF) has been known as a key player in the generation of saccade motor commands and in the allocation of spatial attention. In this issue of Neuron, Schafer and Moore demonstrate that FEF microstimulation enhances the effect of a position illusion induced by visual motion on saccades. This finding suggests that FEF activity can modulate the deployment of spatial attention, which in turn can alter saccade motor commands.
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