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The Cerebellum: Brain for an Implicit Self
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The Cerebellum: Brain for an Implicit Self

by Masao Ito
August 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
320 pages
9h 48m
English
Pearson
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14. Voluntary Eye Movement

14-1. Introduction

For securing well-focused foveal vision, the frontal eye field of the cerebral cortex controls three types of voluntary eye movement; smooth pursuit, saccades, and vergence. An additional eye field is located in the dorsomedial frontal cortex, which appears to play roles in integrating voluntary eye movements with nonoculomotor cortical functions. Four distinct areas of the cerebellum are involved in the three types of eye movements: (1) paraflocculus/flocculus, (2) lobulus petrosus of the paraflocculus, (3) vermal lobules VI/VII, and (4) crus I and crus II (corresponding to HV–HVII). These four areas have different roles in tracking objects moving in three-dimensional space.

14-2. The Frontal Eye ...

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