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  • Neuroscience
  • Biomechanics
  • Animal Behavior

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  • Vision is critical for navigating complex environments.
  • The precise coordination between gaze control and stride patterns during locomotion remains incompletely understood.
  • Understanding this relationship is key to deciphering motor control and sensory integration.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the coordination between gaze behaviors (shifts, fixations, constant gaze) and stride cycles in cats.
  • To determine if this coordination is vision-driven or an intrinsic component of locomotion.
  • To explore how environmental complexity and speed influence gaze-stride coupling.

Main Methods:

  • Cats walked on various surfaces (flat, ladder, stones) in light and darkness.
  • Gaze direction, eye movements (vertical/horizontal), and 3D head motion were recorded.
  • Gaze intersection with the walkway was calculated to analyze coordination with stride phases.

Main Results:

  • Gaze behaviors were coordinated with strides even in darkness, occurring sequentially within stride phases.
  • Complex surfaces and faster speeds generally increased the tightness of gaze-stride coordination.
  • Modulations in coordination phase occurred, with some behaviors shifting earlier or later depending on conditions.

Conclusions:

  • Gaze-stride coordination is an integral part of whole-body locomotion synergy, not solely reliant on visual input.
  • The visual environment and specific locomotor tasks dynamically modulate this coordination.
  • Findings offer insights for understanding motor deficits and developing rehabilitation strategies.