Scaling of Horizontal and Vertical Fixational Eye Movements

Details Scaling of Horizontal and Vertical Fixational Eye Movements Scaling of Horizontal and Vertical Fixational Eye Movements

2004-10-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0410615v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

5 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.71.031909

Eye movements during fixation of a stationary target prevent the adaptation of the photoreceptors to continuous illumination and inhibit fading of the image. These random, involuntary, small, movements are restricted at long time scales so as to keep the target at the center of the field of view. Here we use the Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (DFA) in order to study the properties of fixational eye movements at different time scales. Results show different scaling behavior between horizontal and vertical movements. When the small ballistics movements, i.e. micro-saccades, are removed, the scaling exponents in both directions become similar. Our findings suggest that micro-saccades enhance the persistence at short time scales mostly in the horizontal component and much less in the vertical component. This difference may be due to the need of continuously moving the eyes in the horizontal plane, in order to match the stereoscopic image for different viewing distance.

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