Saccades without eye movements

Iain D. Gilchrist, Valerie Brown and John M. Findlay ()
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Iain D. Gilchrist: Centre for Vision and Visual Cognition, Durham University
Valerie Brown: Centre for Vision and Visual Cognition, Durham University
John M. Findlay: Centre for Vision and Visual Cognition, Durham University

Nature, 1997, vol. 390, issue 6656, 130-131

Abstract: Abstract When reading text, human subjects use a pattern of eye movements consisting of fast saccadic movements and fixations1. We have found a subject who cannot make eye movements. Her visual perception is surprisingly normal and she is able to read at high speeds. She uses movements of the head to compensate for the absence of eye movements. Her head movements during reading have a saccadic character and show many of the features that characterize eye movements.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1038/36478

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