Retinal image smear as a source of information about magnitude of eye movement.

A number of experiments were conducted to determine to what extent retinal image smearing during saccades provides information about the eye movement magnitude to the perceptual system. The technique involved obtaining measures of perceived movement when the total visual field was displaced in conjunction with saccadic eye movements. Trials with normal retinal smear were compared with trials on which smearing was greatly reduced or eliminated.

Impact of oculomotor retraining on the visual perception of curvature.

Observers viewed a computer-generated display consisting of horizontally oriented, concave-up curved lines. The position of these curves was contingent on the horizontal position of the eye so that, in order to change fixation errorlessly, from one point to another on the curve, the eye would have to execute a purely horizontal movement. In Condition H this was achieved by moving the curves horizontally, so that the minimum point was always at the horizontal eye position location, thus simulating the effect of viewing a line through a wedge prism on a contact lens.