Oculomotor Systems and Perception [Paperback]

This 2001 text emphasizes the role of oculomotor systems in perception and the implications of researching them.This text is the first to emphasize the role of oculomotor systems in perception. Oculomotor systems that regulate eye movements play an important role in accounting for certain qualities of visual experience, and are implicated in a wide array of perceptual topics. The text begins with a brief introduction to the basic characteristics of oculomotor systems andfundamental concepts in physiological optics. It then explores mechanisms ofperception, with a particular focus on eye movements, and the remarkablydiverse implications of oculomotor research, which extend to motionsickness and life in space orbit. Insights into dysfunctional visionare also offered.This text is the first to emphasize the role of oculomotor systems in perception. Oculomotor systems that regulate eye movements play an important role in accounting for certain qualities of visual experience, and are implicated in a wide array of perceptual topics. The text begins with a brief introduction to the basic characteristics of oculomotor systems andfundamental concepts in physiological optics. It then explores mechanisms ofperception, with a particular focus on eye movements, and the remarkablydiverse implications of oculomotor research, which extend to motionsickness and life in space orbit. Insights into dysfunctional visionare also offered.Oculomotor systems that regulate eye movements play an important role in accounting for certain qualities of visual experience. They are implicated in a wide array of perceptual topics, from apparent size, depth, and distance, to apparent slant and vertical orientation. This text emphasizes the role of oculomotor systems in perception, and discusses the basic characteristics of such oculomotor systems as those controlling vergence, pursuit, the vestibulo-ocular response, and saccadic eye movements. This volume introduces fundamental concepts in physiologiclÓC