saccadic omission
When objects rapidly shift across the retina during saccades, they produce so-called motion streaks – elongated traces of the stimulus trajectory. During natural vision, however, we rarely notice this type of smearing. Previous studies have shown that the mere presence of stimulus after the saccade can achieve this ‘saccadic omission’. Tarryn’s study investigates not only the time course of this process but also the unexpected role of distractor stimuli. She has written a nice piece on her work for Science Trends.
