SENSORY OCULOMOTOR PATHWAY Flashcards
What is the Sensory Oculomotor Pathway?
The pathway is responsible for controlling eye movements in response to sensory input.
What makes up the Sensory Oculomotor Pathway?
A series of interconnected brain regions and neural circuits that integrate sensory from the eye with motor commands that control the movements of the eyes.
What are the first steps in the Sensory Oculomotor Pathway?
Visual information is CONVERTED (transducted) by the photoreceptors in the retina and then transmitted along the OPTIC NERVE to the PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX in the occipital lobe of the brain.
Where does the visual signal go after the PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX?
To higher brain areas; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX and the FRONTAL EYE FIELDS, which are involved in the control of eye movements
What systems MAINTAIN VISUAL STABILITY during head and body movements?
Vestibular Ocular Reflex
Visual Motion Sensitivity
What is the Vestibular Ocular Reflex?
Keeps the eye gaze stable when the head is moving, and the eyes are fixed.
What is visaul sensory system resposiblity?
Control of eye movements in response to sensory input.
What is the purpose of Visual Motion Sensitivity?
Keeps the eye gaze stable when the head and eyes are BOTH moving
What is neurotransmission?
Transmitting signals between neurons in the brain using chemical messengers
What is neuro connectivity?
The physical connections between different regions of the brain. Bundles of axons form these.
The ultimate goal of synchronizing the dynamic visual skills from the two hemispheres?
Ensure that visual skills between two halves are precisely synchronized to provide accurate information about the position and movement of objects in the visual field.
What are the technical issues that cause a poor - frustrating - Zoom call?
Buffering and Delays
What do we expereince there is a buffering issue on a Zoom call?
Pausing, freezing a choppy expereince
What causes a delay in the Zoom call and what do we expereince?
delay in the delivery of audio or video data from one participant to another. Causes lag between what one is saying and what one is hearing.
First step in the sensory oculomotor pathway?
The preliminary step
