Illusory localization of stimuli flashed in the dark before saccades

• Published in: Vision research (Oxford) Vol. 35; no. 16; pp. 2347 - 2357
• Main Authors: Schlag, J., Schlag-Rey, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1995; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Anatomical correlates of behavior; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Eye position signal; Fixation, Ocular; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Illusion; Light; Localization; Motion Perception - physiology; Optical Illusions - physiology; Photic Stimulation; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Retina - physiology; Saccades; Saccades - physiology; Time Factors; Saccades; Illusion; Eye position signal; Localization; Human; Eye; Visual system; Stimulus localization; Position; Vision; Optical illusion; Luminous stimulus; Perception; Obscurity; Saccadic eye movement

A photic stimulus flashed just before a saccade in the dark tends to be mislocalized in the direction of the saccade. This mislocalization is not only perceptual; it is also expressed by errors of ocular targeting. A particular situation arises if the point of light is flashed twice at the same plac...