Abstract

A new method for evaluating the resting direction of the eyes based on the use of afterimages was developed. With this technique, the effect of gaze deviations relative to the individually determined resting direction was investigated among naive subjects. Moderate gaze deviations have no effect on reports of autokinesis. Only at extreme deviations which approach anatomical limits is the direction of reported autokinetic movement biased in the direction of the deviation. The possible contribution of efferent and afferent mechanisms to autokinesis is discussed.

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