The Control of Eye Movements

The Control of Eye Movements presents the proceedings of the Symposium on the Control of Eye Movements organized by the Smith-Kettlewell Institute of Visual Sciences of the Pacific Medical Center and the Department of Visual Sciences of the University of the Pacific Graduate School of Medical Sciences, San Francisco, California, November 10-11, 1969. The book is organized into two parts. Part I is devoted to presentations of anatomical, physiological, pharmacological, psychological, and clinical aspects of eye movements. The material presented should provide a valuable reference source as well as increase awareness of the need for further investigation of many aspects of the basic physiology of eye movements. Part II presents a series of papers dealing with models of various parts of the oculomotor system. The modeling approach to control of eye movements is still in its infancy and the present work presents the first comprehensive survey of biophysical, mathematical, and engineering aspects of eye movement control.

Contributors

Preface

Part I. Physiological Aspects of Eye Movement Control

The Probable Role of Muscle Spindles and Tendon Organs in Eye Movement Control

Neurophysiology of Eye Movements

The Structure of the Extraocular Muscle Fibers of Mammals

Central Oculomotor Pathways

Vestibulo-Ocular Relations

EEG, Evoked Potentials, and Eye and Image Movements

Supranuclear Disorders of Ocular Control Systems in Man: Clinical, Anatomical, and Physiological Correlations

The Pharmacology of Extraocular Muscle

Eye Movements and Perception

Part II. The Human Eye Movement Control System

Introduction

Orbital Mechanics

Extraocular Muscle Forces in Strabismus

The Saccadic System

The Control System for Versional Eye Movements

Pursuit Eye Tracking Movements

Second Thoughts on Smooth Pursuit

Control of Vergence Eye Movements

Discussion of the Control of Eye Vergence Movements

Vestibular and Proprioceptive Stabilization of Eye Movements

Organization of Neural Control in the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Arc

Models of Oculomotor Neural Organization

Time Delays in the Human Eye-Tracking System

Subject Index