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In normal vision our gaze leaps from detail to detail, resulting in rapid image motion across the retina. Yet we are unaware of such motion, a phenomenon known as saccadic suppression. We recorded neural activity in the middle temporal and middle superior temporal cortical areas during saccades and identical image motion under passive viewing conditions. Some neurons were selectively silenced during saccadic image motion, but responded well to identical external image motion. In addition, a subpopulation of neurons reversed their preferred direction of motion during saccades. Consequently, oppositely directed motion signals annul one another, and motion percepts are suppressed.
Author(s): Thiele A; Henning P; Kubischik M; Hoffmann KP
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Science
Year: 2002
Volume: 295
Issue: 5564
Pages: 2460-2462
ISSN (print): 0036-8075
ISSN (electronic): 1095-9203
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1068788
DOI: 10.1126/science.1068788
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