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Optimizing visual motion perception during eye movements.

T Haarmeier·F Bunjes·A Lindner·E Berret·P Thier
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We usually perceive a stationary, stable world and we are able to correctly estimate the direction of heading from optic flow despite coherent visual motion induced by eye movements. This astonishing example of perceptual invariance results from a comparison of visual information with internal reference signals predicting the visual consequences of an eye movement. Here we demonstrate that the reference signal predicting the consequences of smooth-pursuit eye movements is continuously calibrated on the basis of direction-selective interactions between the pursuit motor command and the rotational flow induced by the eye movement, thereby minimizing imperfections of the reference signal and guaranteeing an ecologically optimal interpretation of visual motion.

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T Haarmeier, F Bunjes, A Lindner, E Berret, P Thier. 2001-11-08. Optimizing visual motion perception during eye movements.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0896-6273(01)00486-x

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