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Science 13 March 1964:
Vol. 143. no. 3611, pp. 1192 - 1193
DOI: 10.1126/science.143.3611.1192
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Pursuit Eye Movements in the Absence of a Moving Visual Stimulus

Gordon H. Deckert 1

1 Behavioral Science Laboratory, Veterans Administration Hospital, and University of Oklahoma Medical Center, Oklahoma City

Subjects instructed to imagine a beating pendulum develop pursuit eye movements of a frequency comparable to the frequency of a previously visualized real pendulum. The appearance of pursuit rather than saccadic movements supports an "outflow" theory for central control of eye movement and suggests an objective technique for the identification of certain types of visual imagery.


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