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    Saccade programming during natural scene viewing shows modified mechanisms but a shorter saccadic dead time (SDT) compared to static tasks. Dynamic scene exploration influences saccadic responses.

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    • Previous research explored saccade modification using controlled paradigms, but not within naturalistic viewing contexts.

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    • Saccade modification mechanisms generalize to dynamic scene viewing.
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