Unifying Vestibulo-Ocular Reflexes

Abstract

The authors present an eye/head gaze controller based on recent findings in biological gaze control. Despite the absence of an explicit vestibulo-ocular (VOR) mechanism the model is able to produce classical VOR responses, and reject head perturbations during the saccadic portion of a gaze shift executed to a remembered target -- what is usually attributed to a separate vestibular mechanism. The authors argue that distinguishing between both types of responses is not justified, as each is a manifestation of one reflex system having different goals during the stages of gaze redirection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 25, 2001
Accession Number
ADA410877

Entities

People

  • H. L. Galiana
  • R. M. Wagner

Organizations

  • McGill University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Base Lines
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Errors
  • Eye
  • Eye Movements
  • Feedback
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Linear Systems
  • Perturbations
  • Rotation
  • Simulations
  • Systems Biology

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.