| Current Oculomotor Research: Physiological and Psychological Aspects 1999 Edition Contributor(s): Becker, Wolfgang (Editor), Deubel, Heiner (Editor), Mergner, Thomas (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0306460491 ISBN-13: 9780306460494 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: Human behaviour and communication relies heavily on visual guidance and visually coded information and therefore is tightly coupled to eye movements. Consequently many parts of our brains are involved in eye movement control and phenomena contingent on eye movement. This volume covers the latest research from a large group of laboratories covering all aspects of oculomotor research, from physiology, engineering and medical sciences to experimental psychology and cognitive sciences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Neuroscience - Medical | Pathophysiology - Medical | Neurology |
| Dewey: 612.846 |
| LCCN: 98031568 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 7" W x 10" (2.35 lbs) 480 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume contains the proceedings of the Ninth European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM 9), held in Ulm, Germany, on September 23-26, 1997. ECEM 9 con- tinued a series of conferences initiated by Rudolf Groner of Bern, Switzerland, in 1981 which, from its very beginning, has brought together scientists from very diverse fields with a common interest in eye movements. About 40 of the papers presented at ECEM 9 have been selected for presentation in full length while others are rendered in condensed form. There is a broad spectrum of motives why people have become involved in, and fas- cinated by, eye movement research. Neuroscientists have been allured by the prospect of understanding anatomical findings, single unit recordings, and the sequels of experimental lesions in terms of the clearly defined system requirements and the well documented be- havioural repertoire of the oculomotor system. Others have been attracted by the richness of this repertoire and its dependence on an intricate hierarchy of factors spanning from "simple" reflexes to visual pattern recognition and spatio-temporal prediction. Neurolo- gists, neuro-ophthalmologists and neuro-otologists have long standing experience with eye movements as sensitive indicators of lesions in the brain stem, the midbrain, and the cere- bellum. By studying oculomotor malfunctions they have made, and are continuing to make, important contributions to our understanding of oculomotor functions. |