Single-unit recordings in macaque monkeys have identified effector-specific regions in
posterior parietal cortex (PPC), but functional neuroimaging in the human has yielded …

To clarify the relation between attention and microsaccades, we monitored microsaccades
while observers performed tasks with different attentional demand. In four high-demand …

This volume takes a contemporary and novel look at how people see the world around them.
We generally believe we see our surroundings and everything in it with complete accuracy …

With each eye movement, the image received by the visual system changes drastically. To
maintain stable spatiotopic (world-centered) representations, the relevant retinotopic (eye …

A possible role of the cerebellum in cognitive function might be revealed through its
anatomical connections with specific regions of the cerebral cortex. To understand the kind …

Figure 1: Vertical meridian effect. Schematic drawing of the experimental set up used by
Rizzolatti, Riggio, Dascola, Umiltà (1987) to test the presence of the Vertical meridian effect …

Previous behavioural and neuroscience studies have shown that the systems involved in the
control of attention and action are functionally and anatomically linked. We used behavioural …

Attention mediates access of sensory events to higher cognitive systems and can be driven
by either top-down voluntary mechanisms or in a bottom-up, reflexive fashion by the sensory …

The pre-motor theory of attention suggests that the mechanisms involved in target selection
for eye movements are the same as those for spatial attention shifts. The pre-saccadic …

When preparing to make a saccadic eye movement in a cued direction, perception of stimuli
at the target location is enhanced, just as it is when attention is covertly deployed there …