Properties of visually guided saccadic behavior and bottom-up attention in marmoset, macaque, and human
Chih-Yang Chen, Denis Matrov, Richard Veale, Hirotaka Onoe, Masatoshi Yoshida, Kenichiro Miura, Tadashi Isa
Abstract
We directly compared the results of a video free-viewing task and visually guided saccade tasks (step and gap) among three different species: marmoset, macaque, and human. We found that all species exhibit qualitatively similar saccadic kinematics and saliency-driven saccadic behavior albeit with different parameters. Our results suggest that the marmoset possesses similar neural mechanisms to macaque and human for saccadic control, and it is an appropriate model to study neural mechanisms for active vision and attention.
Topics & Concepts
MarmosetSaccadeSaccadic maskingMacaquePrimateGazePsychologyNeuroscienceEye movementCognitionCognitive psychologyBiologyPsychoanalysisPaleontologyOlfactory and Sensory Function StudiesVisual Attention and Saliency DetectionVisual perception and processing mechanisms