Visual perception: saccadic omission--suppression or temporal masking?

Michael R Ibbotson; Shaun L Cloherty

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.05.010

Visual perception: saccadic omission--suppression or temporal masking?

Curr Biol. 2009 Jun 23;19(12):R493-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.05.010.

Authors

Michael R Ibbotson¹, Shaun L Cloherty

Affiliation

¹ Visual Sciences, Group and ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Michael.Ibbotson@anu.edu.au

PMID: 19549498
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.05.010

Abstract

Although we don't perceive visual stimuli during saccadic eye movements, new evidence shows that our brains do process these stimuli and they can influence our subsequent visual perception.

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MeSH terms

Fixation, Ocular
Humans
Perceptual Masking / physiology*
Saccades / physiology*
Time Factors
Visual Perception / physiology*