Differential saccade-pursuit coordination under sleep loss and low-dose alcohol

Abstract

Ocular tracking of a moving object requires tight coordination between smooth pursuit and saccadic eye movements. Normally, pursuit drives gaze velocity to closely match target velocity, with residual position offsets corrected by catch-up saccades. However, how/if common stressors affect this coordination is largely unknown. This study seeks to elucidate the effects of acute and chronic sleep loss, and low-dose alcohol, on saccade-pursuit coordination, as well as that of caffeine.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Feb 16, 2023
Source ID
10.3389/fnins.2022.1067722

Entities

People

  • Erin E. Flynn-evans
  • Leland S Stone
  • Terence L Tyson

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Neuroscience
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.