Alteration of the microsaccadic velocity-amplitude main sequence relationship after visual transients: implications for models of saccade control

Antimo Buonocore, Chih-Yang Chen, Xiaoguang Tian, Saad Idrees, Thomas A. Münch, and X Ziad M. Hafed Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Tübingen University, Tübingen, Germany; Graduate School of Neural and Behavioural Sciences, International Max Planck Research School, Tübingen University, Tübingen, Germany; and Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tübingen University, Tübingen, Germany

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