Current Oculomotor Research: Physiological and Psychological Aspects / Edition 1

by Wolfgang Becker, Heiner Deubel, Thomas Mergner

Overview

This volume contains the proceedings of the Ninth European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM 9), held in Ulm, Germany, on September 23-26, 1997. ECEM 9 con­ tinued a series of conferences initiated by Rudolf Groner of Bern, Switzerland, in 1981 which, from its very beginning, has brought together scientists from very diverse fields with a common interest in eye movements. About 40 of the papers presented at ECEM 9 have been selected for presentation in full length while others are rendered in condensed form. There is a broad spectrum of motives why people have become involved in, and fas­ cinated by, eye movement research. Neuroscientists have been allured by the prospect of understanding anatomical findings, single unit recordings, and the sequels of experimental lesions in terms of the clearly defined system requirements and the well documented be­ havioural repertoire of the oculomotor system. Others have been attracted by the richness of this repertoire and its dependence on an intricate hierarchy of factors spanning from "simple" reflexes to visual pattern recognition and spatio-temporal prediction. Neurolo­ gists, neuro-ophthalmologists and neuro-otologists have long standing experience with eye movements as sensitive indicators of lesions in the brain stem, the midbrain, and the cere­ bellum. By studying oculomotor malfunctions they have made, and are continuing to make, important contributions to our understanding of oculomotor functions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441933089
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	12/01/2010
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1999
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.28(d)

Table of Contents

Brainstem Anatomy of Saccades and Ocular Following; J.A. Büttner-Ennever, A.K.E. Horn. C-Fos Expression in the Optokinetic Nuclei of the Rat following Different Visual Stimulus Conditions; G. Biral, et al. Neuronal Activity in Monkey Superior Colliculus during an Antisaccade Tas; S. Everling, et al. Space and Salience in Parietal Cortex; K.D. Powell, et al. Parietal Neurons Are Activated by Smooth Pursuit of Imaginary Targets; U.J. Ilg, et al. Properties of Saccades during Optokinetic Responses to Radial Optic Flow in Monkeys; M. Lappe, et al. Erroneous Prosaccades in a Gap-Antisaccade-Task: Production, Correction, and Recognition; B. Fischer, et al. The Subjective Direction of Gaze Shifts Long before the Saccade; H. Dubel, et al. Does Visual Background Information Influence Saccadic Adaptation? J. Ditterich, et al. Effects of Targe Size and Brightness and Fixation Point Size on Human Visually-Guided Voluntary Saccades; Y. Ebisawa. Effects of Warning Signals on Saccadic Reaction Times and Event-Related Potentials; A. Spantekow, et al. Adaptation to Visual Field Defects with Virtual Reality Scotoma in Healthy Subjects; W.H. Zangmeister, U. Oechsner. 54 additional articles. Index.

Editorial Reviews

The proceedings of the Ninth European Conference on Eye Movements, September 1997 in Ulm, Germany, which drew participants from a wide range of medical specialties and biological sciences as well as from such fields as physics and sports. The 66 topics include properties of saccades during optokinetic responses to radical optic flow in monkeys, the active reproduction of passive rotations and contingent eye movements, updating the location of visual objects in space following vestibular stimulation, a new way of looking at auditory linguistic comprehension, the difference of shape constancy in the upper and lower visual fields, controlling purposive saccadic eye moments and visual fixation in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and a simple approach to video-based three- dimensional eye movement measurement. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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‘... all the procedures in this series should be available in every clinical library at ophthalmological, neurological as well as vestibular clinics.'
Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica 2000

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