2010

Schnier, F., Zimmermann, E. & Lappe, M. (2010).

Adaptation and mislocalization fields for saccadic outward adaptation in humans,Journal of Eye Movement Research, 4 (3), 1-18.

Adaptive shortening of a saccade influences the metrics of other saccades withina spatial window around the adapted target. Within this adaptation field visualstimuli presented before an adapted saccade are mislocalized in proportion to thechange of the saccade metric. We investigated the saccadic adaptation field andassociated localization changes for saccade lengthening, or outward adaptation. Wemeasured the adaptation field for two different saccade adaptations (14 deg to 20deg and 20 deg to 26 deg) by testing transfer to 34 different target positions. Wemeasured localization judgements by asking subjects to localize a probe flashedbefore saccade onset. The amount of adaptation transfer differed for different targetlocations. It increased with increases of the horizontal component of the saccade andremained largely constant with deviation of the vertical component of the saccade.Mislocalization of probes inside the adaptation field was correlated with the amountof adaptation of saccades to the probe location. These findings are consistent withthe assumption that oculomotor space and perceptual space are linked to each other.