Long-term Sensorimotor Adaptation in the Ocular Following System of Primates

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2017 Dec 5

PMID 29200430

Citations 4

Authors

Markus A Hietanen

Nicholas S C Price

Shaun L Cloherty

Kostas Hadjidimitrakis

Michael R Ibbotson

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Abstract

The sudden movement of a wide-field image leads to a reflexive eye tracking response referred to as short-latency ocular following. If the image motion occurs soon after a saccade the initial speed of the ocular following is enhanced, a phenomenon known as post-saccadic enhancement. We show in macaque monkeys that repeated exposure to the same stimulus regime over a period of months leads to progressive increases in the initial speeds of ocular following. The improvement in tracking speed occurs for ocular following with and without a prior saccade. As a result of the improvement in ocular following speeds, the influence of post-saccadic enhancement wanes with increasing levels of training. The improvement in ocular following speed following repeated exposure to the same oculomotor task represents a novel form of sensori-motor learning in the context of a reflexive movement.

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