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| Title |
Microsaccadic eye movements and firing of single cells in the striate cortex of macaque monkeys
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| Published in |
Nature Neuroscience, March 2000
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| DOI | 10.1038/72961 |
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| Authors |
Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknik, David H. Hubel |
| Abstract |
When viewing a stationary object, we unconsciously make small, involuntary eye movements or 'microsaccades'. If displacements of the retinal image are prevented, the image quickly fades from perception. To understand how microsaccades sustain perception, we studied their relationship to the firing of cells in primary visual cortex (V1). We tracked eye movements and recorded from V1 cells as macaque monkeys fixated. When an optimally oriented line was centered over a cell's receptive field, activity increased after microsaccades. Moreover, microsaccades were better correlated with bursts of spikes than with either single spikes or instantaneous firing rate. These findings may help explain maintenance of perception during normal visual fixation. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 318 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 4% |
| Germany | 6 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 3 | <1% |
| Japan | 3 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | <1% |
| Unknown | 280 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 85 | 27% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 73 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 37 | 12% |
| Professor | 25 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 20 | 6% |
| Other | 52 | 16% |
| Unknown | 26 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 86 | 27% |
| Neuroscience | 64 | 20% |
| Psychology | 57 | 18% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 6% |
| Other | 36 | 11% |
| Unknown | 33 | 10% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 December 2010.
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#8,882,501
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#4,321
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#14,237
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#20
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