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A simple model to analyse the activation force in eyeball movements

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Starting with a proposal to model horizontal eye movements, we study the parameters involved in it. Particularly, we investigate the values that best fit the parameters describing the activation force responsible for horizontal saccades, independently of the task being performed. The fitting process is based on data sets gathered with an eye tracker device. The simplicity of the model allows to profit from analytical expressions useful to simplify the fitting process. Finally, we use our model to obtain the activation force corresponding to a reading task, finding a very good agreement with the experimental data.

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  1. Neufisur – Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional del Sur – CONICET, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

    Ana Laura Frapiccini, Jessica A. Del Punta, Karina V. Rodriguez, Leonardo Dimieri & Gustavo Gasaneo

  2. Departamento de Matemática, Universidad Nacional del Sur, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

    Jessica A. Del Punta

  3. Centro Integral de Nuerociencias Aplicadas, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

    Karina V. Rodriguez, Leonardo Dimieri & Gustavo Gasaneo

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Frapiccini, A.L., Del Punta, J.A., Rodriguez, K.V. et al. A simple model to analyse the activation force in eyeball movements. Eur. Phys. J. B 93, 34 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2020-100490-8

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