Summary
Saccadic human eye movements in different directions were recorded by an infrared technique. Disturbances by movements of the eyelids are prevented by means of a plaster pulling down the lower lid. The peak values of the velocity, acceleration, deceleration, and the duration of the saccades were drawn in a direction diagram. Each eye has its specific diagram. The shape of the diagram is independent of the saccadic amplitude. There are directions in which the values are equal for eccentric and centric saccades and those, in which significant differences are to be found. In the latter case centric saccades are faster than the eccentric ones.
Zusammenfassung
Sakkadische Augenbewegungen des Menschen in verschiedene Richtungen wurden mittels einer Infrarot-Technik registriert. Das Unterlid wurde durch ein Pflaster nach unten gezogen und dadurch Störungen der Ableitungen vermieden. In einem Richtungs-Diagramm werden die Maximalwerte der Geschwindigkeit, der Beschleunigung, der Verzögerung und die Dauer der Sakkaden dargestellt. Jedes Auge hat sein spezifisches Diagramm. Die Form des Diagramms ist unabhängig von der Sakkadenamplitude. In einigen Richtungen sind die Werte für zentrische und exzentrische Sakkaden gleich, in anderen signifikant verschieden. In dem letzten Fall zeigen die zentrischen Sakkaden stets die höhere Geschwindigkeit.
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Täumer, R., Lemb, M. & Namislo, M. Characteristics of human saccadic eye movements in different directions. Albrecht von Graefes Arch. Klin. Ophthalmol. 200, 163–174 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00414366
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