Seminar Details
2014-03-18 (14.00) : Studying eye movements in children to better understand brain development
At Euler building
Organized by Mathematical Engineering
Speaker :
Ego, Caroline
Abstract :
Eye tracking helps uncovering very important brain functions. In particular, studying eye tracking in children helps understanding how eye movements control improves with age through brain maturation. In the present study, we were interested in the development of predictive abilities during childhood. We asked children to track moving objects that were temporarily blanked and recorded their eye movements using an infrared eye tracker. Visual tracking of temporarily invisible moving targets reveals that predictive smooth pursuit, saccade triggering and the interaction between both types of eye movements improves with age.