Voluntary control of saccadic and smooth-pursuit eye movements in children with learning disorders

• Published in: Brain & development Vol. 27; no. 8; pp. 579 - 588
• Main Authors: Fukushima, Junko, Tanaka, Satoshi, Williams, Jeremy D., Fukushima, Kikuro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.12.2005
• Subjects: Adolescent; Anti-saccade task; Case-Control Studies; Child; Closed-loop gain; Female; Frontal eye fields; Humans; Latency; Learning disorders (LD); Learning Disorders - physiopathology; Male; Memory - physiology; Memory-guided saccade task; Open-loop gain; Pursuit, Smooth - physiology; Reaction Time; Reference Values; Saccades - physiology; Smooth-pursuit eye movements; Memory-guided saccade task; Open-loop gain; Frontal eye fields; Learning disorders (LD); Smooth-pursuit eye movements; Closed-loop gain; Anti-saccade task; Latency

Eye movement is crucial to humans in allowing them to aim the foveae at objects of interest. We examined the voluntary control of saccadic and smooth-pursuit eye movements in 18 subjects with learning disorders (LDs) (aged 8–16) and 22 normal controls (aged 7–15). The subjects were assigned visually...