Contrary to common wisdom, fixations are a dynamically rich behavior, composed of
continual, miniature eye movements, of which microsaccades are the most salient …

Humans and other species explore a visual scene by making rapid eye movements
(saccades) two to three times every second. Although the eyes may appear immobile in the …

High visual acuity is essential for many tasks, from recognizing distant friends to driving a
car. While much is known about how the eye's optics and anatomy contribute to spatial …

How is space represented in the visual system? At first glance, the answer to this
fundamental question appears straightforward: spatial information is directly encoded in the …

Establishing a representation of space is a major goal of sensory systems. Spatial
information, however, is not always explicit in the incoming sensory signals. In most …

When we fixate a stationary target, our eyes generate miniature (or fixational) eye
movements involuntarily. These fixational eye movements are classified as slow …

Intersaccadic periods of fixation are characterized by incessant retinal motion due to small
eye movements. While these movements are often disregarded as noise, the temporal …

Background The ability to keep steady fixation on a target is one of several aspects of good
visual function. However, there are few reports on visual fixation during childhood in healthy …

During visual fixation on a target object, our eyes are not motionless but generate slow
fixational eye movements and microsaccades. Effects of visual attention have been …

Humans explore static visual scenes by alternating rapid eye movements (saccades) with
periods of slow and incessant eye drifts [1–3]. These drifts are commonly believed to be the …