Finely tuned eye movements enhance visual acuity

Humans are normally not aware that their eyes are always in motion, even when attempting to maintain steady gaze on a point. Here the authors show that these small eye movements are finely controlled and contribute more than two lines in a standard eye-chart test of visual acuity.

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Autores principales: Janis Intoy, Michele Rucci
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bf0a50e9d1b84a6ebd6d5211adb68ed92021-12-02T14:42:29ZFinely tuned eye movements enhance visual acuity10.1038/s41467-020-14616-22041-1723https://doaj.org/article/bf0a50e9d1b84a6ebd6d5211adb68ed92020-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14616-2https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Humans are normally not aware that their eyes are always in motion, even when attempting to maintain steady gaze on a point. Here the authors show that these small eye movements are finely controlled and contribute more than two lines in a standard eye-chart test of visual acuity.Janis IntoyMichele RucciNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)
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Finely tuned eye movements enhance visual acuity
description Humans are normally not aware that their eyes are always in motion, even when attempting to maintain steady gaze on a point. Here the authors show that these small eye movements are finely controlled and contribute more than two lines in a standard eye-chart test of visual acuity.
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title_full_unstemmed Finely tuned eye movements enhance visual acuity
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