Oculomotor Systems And Perception

Author : Sheldon M. Ebenholtz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001-08-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521804592

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Oculomotor Systems and Perception by Sheldon M. Ebenholtz Pdf

This 2001 text was the first to emphasize the role of oculomotor systems in perception. Oculomotor systems that regulate eye movements play an important role in accounting for certain qualities of visual experience. They are implicated in a wide array of perceptual topics, from apparent size, depth, and distance, to apparent slant and vertical orientation. The text begins with a brief introduction to the basic characteristics of such oculomotor systems as those controlling vergence, pursuit, the vestibulo-ocular response, and saccadic eye movements. Also introduced are fundamental concepts in physiological optics. Next explored are mechanisms of perception, with a particular focus on eye movements, and the remarkably diverse implications of oculomotor research, which extend to motion sickness and life in space orbit. Insights into dysfunctional vision are also offered. This book complements standard texts on visual perception, yet may be read independently by those with a modest background in vision science.

Author : Dennis F. Fisher,Richard A. Monty,John W. Senders
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781315437392

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Eye Movements by Dennis F. Fisher,Richard A. Monty,John W. Senders Pdf

Originally published in 1981, this volume represents the edited proceedings of the third symposium on eye movements and behaviour sponsored by the US Army Human Engineering Laboratory. The conference, titled "The Last Whole Earth Eye Movement Conference" was held in Florida in February 1980. As the conference approached, seizure of the American hostages by the Iranian militants, the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, and the uncertain economic outlook around the world made it appear as though the title was a self-fulfilling prophecy. But the meeting proved highly successful and people throughout the world seemed to be adapting to the stresses of international tension, making the possibility of subsequent meetings more likely. The present volume is intended to serve as a complementary text to the earlier texts Eye Movements and Psychological Processes (Monty & Senders, 1976) and Eye Movements and the Higher Psychological Functions (Senders, Fisher & Monty, 1978), rather than a revision and update of them.

Author : E. Chekaluk,K.R. Llewellyn
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1992-07-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0080867421

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The Role of Eye Movements in Perceptual Processes by E. Chekaluk,K.R. Llewellyn Pdf

It has become a truism that the frozen optical diagram representation of vision is the worst possible picture of the way in which we visually interact with the environment. Even apart from our reaction to moving targets by pursuit movements, our visual behaviour can be said to be characterised by eye movements. We sample from our environment in a series of relatively brief fixations which move from one point to another in a series of extremely rapid jerks known as saccades. Many questions arising from this characteristic of vision are explored within this volume, including the question of how our visual world maintains its perceptual stability despite the drastic changes in input associated with these eye movements.

Author : Edward L. Keller,David S. Zee
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015010166901

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Adaptive Processes in Visual and Oculomotor Systems by Edward L. Keller,David S. Zee Pdf

Author : Jean A. Büttner-Ennever
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080461255

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Neuroanatomy of the Oculomotor System by Jean A. Büttner-Ennever Pdf

This volume in the Progress in Brain Research series features reviews on the functional neuroanatomy and connectivity of the brain areas involved in controlling eye movements. Oculomotor control of the eyes is now the subject of many research projects and advances in this field are relevant to understanding motor control in general.

Author : John M Findlay,Iain D Gilchrist
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780191545733

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Active Vision by John M Findlay,Iain D Gilchrist Pdf

More than one third of the human brain is devoted to the processes of seeing - vision is after all the main way in which we gather information about the world. But human vision is a dynamic process during which the eyes continually sample the environment. Where most books on vision consider it as a passive activity, this book is unique in focusing on vision as an 'active' process. It goes beyond most accounts of vision where the focus is on seeing, to provide an integrated account of seeing AND looking. The book starts by pointing out the weaknesses in our traditional approaches to vision and the reason we need this new approach. It then gives a thorough description of basic details of the visual and oculomotor systems necessary to understand active vision. The book goes on to show how this approach can give a new perspective on visual attention, and how the approach has progressed in the areas of visual orienting, reading, visual search, scene perception and neuropsychology. Finally, the book summarises progress by showing how this approach sheds new light on the old problem of how we maintain perception of a stable visual world. Written by two leading vision scientists, this book will be valuable for vision researchers and psychology students, from undergraduate level upwards.

Author : Wolfgang Becker,Heiner Deubel,Thomas Mergner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781475730548

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Current Oculomotor Research by Wolfgang Becker,Heiner Deubel,Thomas Mergner Pdf

This volume contains the proceedings of the Ninth European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM 9), held in Ulm, Germany, on September 23-26, 1997. ECEM 9 con tinued a series of conferences initiated by Rudolf Groner of Bern, Switzerland, in 1981 which, from its very beginning, has brought together scientists from very diverse fields with a common interest in eye movements. About 40 of the papers presented at ECEM 9 have been selected for presentation in full length while others are rendered in condensed form. There is a broad spectrum of motives why people have become involved in, and fas cinated by, eye movement research. Neuroscientists have been allured by the prospect of understanding anatomical findings, single unit recordings, and the sequels of experimental lesions in terms of the clearly defined system requirements and the well documented be havioural repertoire of the oculomotor system. Others have been attracted by the richness of this repertoire and its dependence on an intricate hierarchy of factors spanning from "simple" reflexes to visual pattern recognition and spatio-temporal prediction. Neurolo gists, neuro-ophthalmologists and neuro-otologists have long standing experience with eye movements as sensitive indicators of lesions in the brain stem, the midbrain, and the cere bellum. By studying oculomotor malfunctions they have made, and are continuing to make, important contributions to our understanding of oculomotor functions.

Author : G. d'Ydewalle,J. van Rensbergen
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781483290454

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Visual and Oculomotor Functions by G. d'Ydewalle,J. van Rensbergen Pdf

A collection of contemporary work in various areas of eye-movement research with an emphasis on physiological aspects is presented in this book. The contributions are divided into six sections: I. saccadic eye movements; II. smooth pursuit and motion perception; III. eye movements in pathology and clinical settings; IV. neurophysiology of eye movements; V. optokinetic nystagmus; and VI. methods. This volume provides updated information on the most recent research on eye movements carried out mainly in Europe.

Author : Eileen Kowler
Publisher : Elsevier Publishing Company
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Eye
ISBN : UOM:39015018858772

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Eye Movements and Their Role in Visual and Cognitive Processes by Eileen Kowler Pdf

This is the first book to deal exclusively with oculomotor performance in a series that, up to this point, has been devoted largely to reviews of research on oculomotor anatomy and physiology. The publication of this volume signifies the recognition of the fact that a genuine understanding of eye movement will not come about through the study of neurons alone. We need to know about the capacity to make different kinds of eye movement, and about how such oculomotor capacity is used to accomplish different sorts of visual and cognitive tasks, i.e. how the eye can move and why it moves in particular ways. Research on respective topics was critically evaluated by the contributing authors, resulting in a controversial and up-to-date appraisal of this subject.

Author : Thomas J. Anastasio,Joseph L. Demer,R John Leigh,Anne E. Luebke,A. John van Opstal,Lance M. Optican,Stefano Ramat,David Zee
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780323992176

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David A. Robinson's Modeling the Oculomotor Control System by Thomas J. Anastasio,Joseph L. Demer,R John Leigh,Anne E. Luebke,A. John van Opstal,Lance M. Optican,Stefano Ramat,David Zee Pdf

Modelling: The Oculomotor Systems, Volume 269 in the Progress in Brain Research serial highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics including The function and phylogeny of eye movements, The behavior of motoneurons, Statics of plant mechanics, Dynamics of plant mechanics, The functional operation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex, Basic framework of the vestibulo-ocular reflex, Oculomotor signals, Signal processing in the vestibulo-ocular reflex, Plasticity and repair of the vestibulo-ocular reflex, The behavior of the optokinetic system, Models of the optokinetic system, Neurophysiology of the optokinetic system, and much more. Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors Presents the latest release in Progress in Brain Research serial Includes the latest information on Modelling: The Oculomotor Systems

Author : Bernard Cohen,Volker Henn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Medical
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038514555

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Representation of Three-dimensional Space in the Vestibular, Oculomotor, and Visual Systems by Bernard Cohen,Volker Henn Pdf

Author : G. Underwood
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1998-07-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0080506232

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Eye Guidance in Reading and Scene Perception by G. Underwood Pdf

The distinguished contributors to this volume have been set the problem of describing how we know where to move our eyes. There is a great deal of current interest in the use of eye movement recordings to investigate various mental processes. The common theme is that variations in eye movements indicate variations in the processing of what is being perceived, whether in reading, driving or scene perception. However, a number of problems of interpretation are now emerging, and this edited volume sets out to address these problems. The book investigates controversies concerning the variations in eye movements associated with reading ability, concerning the extent to which text is used by the guidance mechanism while reading, concerning the relationship between eye movements and the control of other body movements, the relationship between what is inspected and what is perceived, and concerning the role of visual control attention in the acquisition of complex perceptual-motor skills, in addition to the nature of the guidance mechanism itself. The origins of the volume are in discussions held at a meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP) that was held in Wurzburg in September 1996. The discussions concerned the landing effect in reading, an effect, that if substantiated, would provide evidence of the use of parafoveal information in eye guidance, and these discussions were explored in more detail at a small meeting in Chamonix, in February 1997. Many of the contributors to this volume were present at the meeting, but the arguments were not resolved in Chamonix either. Other leaders in the field were invited to contribute to the discussion, and this volume is the product. The argument remains unresolved, but the problem is certainly clearer.

Author : Vladislav Zikmund
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015000306061

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The Oculomotor System and Brain Functions by Vladislav Zikmund Pdf

Author : Roberto Schmid,Daniela Zambarbieri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Cognition
ISBN : UOM:39015021876860

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Oculomotor Control and Cognitive Processes by Roberto Schmid,Daniela Zambarbieri Pdf

This volume contains selected and edited papers from the fifth European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM 5) held at the University of Pavia, Italy on September 10-13, 1989. The volume is organized in six sections as follows: Neurophysiology of Eye Movements; Control of Eye Movements; Eye-Head Coordination; Eye Movements in Pathology; Eye Movements and Cognitive Processes and Applied Research. The last section also contains some papers derived from the satellite symposium on Visual Processes and Eye Movements in Dyslexia, which was organized by the Roding Remediation Foundation.

Author : Laurence Harris,Michael Jenkin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780387226736

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Levels of Perception by Laurence Harris,Michael Jenkin Pdf

In this book the authors relate and discuss the idea that perceptual processes can be considered at many levels. A phenomenon that appears at one level may not be the same as a superficially similar phenomenon that appears at a different level. For example "induced motion" can be analyzed in terms of eye movements or at the retinal level or at a much higher cognitive level: how do these analyses fit together? The concept of levels also makes us think of the flow of information between levels, which leads to a consideration of the roles of top-down and bottom-up (or feed-forward, feed-back) flow. There are sections devoted to vestibular processing, eye movement processing and processing during brightness perception. The final section covers levels of processing in spatial vision. All scientists and graduate students working in vision will be interested in this book as well as people involved in using visual processes in computer animations, display design or the sensory systems of machines.