Skilled motor behaviour, from the graceful leap of a ballerina to a precise pitch by a baseball
player, appears effortless but reflects an intimate interaction between the complex …

The modern era of oculomotor research began with the advent of the chronic single-unit
recording method in the late 1960s. Research carried out in the intervening years has made …

In the 16 years since we last summarized the behavior of the premotor elements that control
saccades, research has revealed shortcomings in previous formulations of the control …

Changing the direction of the line of sight is essential for the visual exploration of our
environment. When the head does not move, re-orientation of the visual axis is …

This article reviews models of the cerebellum and motor learning starting with the landmark
papers by Marr and Albus and going through present times. The unique architecture of the …

Human saccades may or may not be associated with head movements. To date, little
attention has been devoted to the mechanisms determining head movement recruitment and …

The coordination between eye and head movements during a rapid orienting gaze shift has
been investigated mainly when subjects made horizontal movements towards visual targets …

1. We electrically stimulated the intermediate and deep layers of the superior colliculus (SC)
in two rhesus macaques free to move their heads both vertically and horizontally (head …

Various conceptual issues have been brought into focus by recent experiments studying the
role of the superior colliculus in the control of coordinated movements of the eyes and head …

Here, we review the angular vestibulocollic reflex (VCR) focusing on its function during
unexpected and voluntary head movements. Theoretically, the VCR could (1) stabilize the …