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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4964
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
The role of ocular muscle proprioception in the localization of visual targets has been investigated in normal humans by deviating one eye to create an experimental strabismus. The passively deviated eye was covered and the other eye viewed the target. With a hand-pointing task, targets were systematically mislocalized in the direction of the deviated nonviewing eye. A 4- to 6-degree error resulted when the nonviewing eye was offset 30 degrees from straight ahead. When the eye was deviated, the perceived "straight-ahead" was also displaced, by a similar amount, in the same direction. Since the efferent motor commands to the displaced and to the nondisplaced eyes are presumably identical by the law of equal innervation, the mislocalization of visual objects must be attributed to the change in proprioceptive information issued from the nonviewing, deviated eye. Thus proprioception contributes to the localization of objects in space.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
249
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
58-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-3-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
The role of ocular muscle proprioception in visual localization of targets.
pubmed:affiliation
Département de Psychophysiologie, Université de Provence, Marseille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't