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Vision: A brake on the speed of sight

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Alexander Thiele

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Abstract

We move our eyes more often than our heart beats. Our brain seems to cope effortlessly with the consequences of these rapid visual alterations, but a new study shows that similar scene changes in the absence of eye movements delay the speed of information processing. So are there costs in constantly shifting our focus of gaze?

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Author(s): Thiele A

Publication type: Note

Publication status: Published

Journal: Current Biology

Year: 2005

Volume: 15

Issue: 22

Pages: R917-R919

ISSN (print): 0960-9822

ISSN (electronic): 1879-0445

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.057

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.057

PubMed id: 16303547

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