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Saccadic Eye Movements and Visual Stability: Preliminary Considerations Towards a Cognitive Approach

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Cognition and Motor Processes

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The images of the objects projected on the retina move with every saccade. Yet, we perceive these objects as stationary, i.e., we neither perceive the objects as moving during the saccade (dynamic component) nor do we perceive them as displaced as a result of the saccade (static component). This is the phenomenon of visual stability, which has been extensively studied since Helmholtz’ (1866) early work (for overviews see Dolezal, 1982; Festinger & Cannon, 1965; Gyr, 1972; MacKay, 1973; Matin, L., 1972,1982;McClosky, 1981;Shebilske, 1977).

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Wolff, P. (1984). Saccadic Eye Movements and Visual Stability: Preliminary Considerations Towards a Cognitive Approach. In: Prinz, W., Sanders, A.F. (eds) Cognition and Motor Processes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69382-3_8

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