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Can parallel processing and competitive inhibition explain the generation of saccades?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1999

M. A. Frens ,
I. T. C. Hooge  and
H. H. L. M. Goossens
M. A. Frens
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands{frens; hooge; goossens}@fys1.fgg.eur.nl www.eur.nl/FGG/FYS1
I. T. C. Hooge
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands{frens; hooge; goossens}@fys1.fgg.eur.nl www.eur.nl/FGG/FYS1
H. H. L. M. Goossens
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands{frens; hooge; goossens}@fys1.fgg.eur.nl www.eur.nl/FGG/FYS1
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Abstract

The framework of Findlay & Walker's target article provides a first attempt to model the saccadic system at all levels. Their scheme is based on two main principles. These are “parallel processing of saccade timing and metrics” and “competitive inhibition through winner-take-all strategies.” In our opinion, however, both concepts are in their strictest sense at odds with the current knowledge of the saccadic system, and need to be refined to make the scheme more relevant.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , August 1999 , pp. 685 - 686
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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