Eye-Head Coordination for Visual Cognitive Processing

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 3; p. e0121035
• Main Authors: Fang, Yu, Nakashima, Ryoichi, Matsumiya, Kazumichi, Kuriki, Ichiro, Shioiri, Satoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 23.03.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Brain research; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive ability; Data acquisition; Data processing; Eye; Eye (anatomy); Eye Movements; Female; Fixation; Head; Head movement; Head Movements; Humans; Information processing; Information systems; Male; Motor task performance; Orientation; Orientation behavior; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Retina; Saccadic eye movements; Science; Studies; Vision, Ocular - physiology; Visual field; Visual fields; Visual perception; Visual system; Visual task performance; Young Adult; Japan

We investigated coordinated movements between the eyes and head ("eye-head coordination") in relation to vision for action. Several studies have measured eye and head movements during a single gaze shift, focusing on the mechanisms of motor control during eye-head coordination. However, in...