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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
Speed-accuracy trade-off characteristic of horizontal saccadic eye movements were examined in this study. Unlike limb movements, saccadic eye movements are preprogrammed, unidimensional, and do not involve target impact. Hence, they provide an optimal test of the impulse variability account of the speed-accuracy trade-off in rapid movements. Subjects were required to alternately look at two target lights as fast and as accurately as possible for a period of 10 s. Target lights subtended angles of 5, 10, 15, and 20 degrees. By restricting target distances to less than 20 degrees of arc, the speed-accuracy relation was examined for single horizontal saccadic movements of the eye. movement of the dominant eye was tracked with an infra-red eye monitoring device. Fifty saccadic movements of the eye were recorded for each target distance and used to compute the average amplitude, duration, and velocity of eye movements, as well as, movement endpoint variability. An increase in both average velocity and movement endpoint variability with increasing movement amplitude was found. This, together with the unique features of the eye movement system, support the impulse variability account of the speed-accuracy trade-off in rapid movements.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-2895
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
411-9
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Speed-accuracy characteristics of saccadic eye movements.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article