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Science 24 March 1967:
Vol. 155. no. 3769, pp. 1577 - 1579
DOI: 10.1126/science.155.3769.1577
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Voluntary Control of Microsaccades during Maintained Monocular Fixation

Robert M. Steinman 1, Robert J. Cunitz 1, George T. Timberlake 1, and Magdalena Herman 2

1 Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park 20740
2 Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104

A contact-lens technique was used to record eye movements made by two subjects instructed either to "fixate" stationary white-light targets or to "hold" their eyes in position in the presence of the same targets. A marked reduction in saccade rate, frequently reaching zero throughout 9.8-second trials, was observed under the "hold" instruction.


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