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To explore visual space, we make saccades, vergence, and, most frequently, combined saccade–vergence eye movements. The initiation of saccades is well studied, while that of vergence is less explored. Saccade latency is influenced by the fixation task: when the target appears simultaneously with the offset of the fixation point, latencies tend to be regular, whereas the introduction of a gap period before target onset causes the emergence of express latencies (80- to 120-ms). This study examines in ten normal adults whether the gap paradigm has a similar effect on the latency of vergence and combined eye movements. The second goal is to identify contextual factors that favor the emergence of short latencies, by comparing a condition in which gap and simultaneous trials were performed in separate blocks (pure blocks) with a condition in which the two types of trials were interleaved randomly (mixed blocks). The results are: (1) the gap paradigm reduced similarly (by approximately −30 ms) the mean latency of saccades, convergence, divergence, and both the saccadic and vergence components of combined eye movements; (2) the gap paradigm was responsible for the emergence of 80– to 120-ms latencies for saccades and divergence (pure or combined), but rarely for convergence; (3) inspection of the latency distributions showed that such short latencies formed a clearly distinct population, different from anticipatory responses or regular latencies, for saccades (pure or combined) but not for pure vergence; importantly, distinct express latencies were found also for the convergence and divergence components of combined eye movements; (4) no difference was found for the group of subjects between pure and mixed blocks, but the latter yielded shorter latencies for some subjects, suggesting an idiosyncratic phenomenon. We suggest that distinct express latencies are specific to saccades and could correspond to a specific mode of saccade initiation. Interestingly, the express mode of triggering can be transferred to the vergence component in the ecological condition in which saccade is combined with vergence.
Experimental Brain Research – Springer Journals
Published: Feb 1, 2004
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