Cortical Control Over Eye Movements

Question 1

What did Ro et al. (1997) do?

Answer 1

Looked at TMS effect on saccades, had an endogenous and exogenous task. Found TMS over superior PFC effected endogenous saccades

Question 2

What does the frontal eye field do?

Answer 2

Controls voluntary eye movements

Question 3

Where is the frontal eye field?

Answer 3

Intersection between superior frontal sulcus and precentral sulcus

Question 4

Are endogenous or exogenous saccades faster?

Answer 4

Exogenous as have less neural connections