saccadic suppression

Is intra-saccadic vision merely an epiphenomenon or could visual information that reaches the eye during saccades be used by the visual system? That was the question of my cumulative doctoral dissertation, which features not only a synopsis of all studies conducted up to this point, but also a review of the saccadic-suppression and motion-streak literature to put these findings into context. The dissertation has been awarded two prizes – the Humboldt Prize and the Lieselotte Pongratz-Promotionspreis by Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (see also the short movie).