The magnification-factor accounts for the greater hypometria and imprecision of larger saccades: Evidence from a parametric human-behavioral study
(2017)
Journal Article
Vitu, F., Casteau, S., Adeli, H., Zelinsky, G., & Castet, E. (2017). The magnification-factor accounts for the greater hypometria and imprecision of larger saccades: Evidence from a parametric human-behavioral study. Journal of Vision, 17(4:2), 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1167/17.4.2
Saccades quite systematically undershoot a peripheral visual target by about 10% of its eccentricity while becoming more variable, mainly in amplitude, as the target becomes more peripheral. This undershoot phenomenon has been interpreted as the stra... Read More about The magnification-factor accounts for the greater hypometria and imprecision of larger saccades: Evidence from a parametric human-behavioral study.