Eye movements between saccades: Measuring ocular drift and tremor.
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| Title: | Eye movements between saccades: Measuring ocular drift and tremor. |
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| Authors: | Ko, Hee-kyoung1, Snodderly, D. Max1, Poletti, Martina2 martinap@bu.edu |
| Source: | Vision Research. May2016, Vol. 122, p93-104. 12p. |
| Subjects: | Saccadic eye movements, Tremor, Motion perception (Vision), Retina physiology, Optical resolution, Animal experimentation, Animals, Eye movements, Primates, Research funding, Eye movement measurements, Equipment & supplies |
| Abstract: | Intersaccadic periods of fixation are characterized by incessant retinal motion due to small eye movements. While these movements are often disregarded as noise, the temporal modulations they introduce to retinal receptors are significant. However, analysis of these input modulations is challenging because the intersaccadic eye motion is close to the resolution limits of most eyetrackers, including widespread pupil-based video systems. Here, we analyzed in depth the limits of two high-precision eyetrackers, the Dual-Purkinje Image and the scleral search coil, and compared the intersaccadic eye movements of humans to those of a non-human primate. By means of a model eye we determined that the resolution of both techniques is sufficient to reliably measure intersaccadic ocular activity up to approximately 80Hz. Our results show that the characteristics of ocular drift are remarkably similar in the two species; a clear deviation from a scale-invariant spectrum occurs in the range between 50 and 100Hz, generally attributed to ocular tremor, leading to intersaccadic retinal speeds as high as 1.5deg/s. The amplitude of this deviation differs on the two axes of motion. In addition to our experimental observations, we suggest basic guidelines to evaluate the performance of eyetrackers and to optimize experimental conditions for the measurement of ocular drift and tremor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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