Conjugate eye movements that allow both eyes to smoothly track a moving object so that its image is kept on the fovea
Pursuits
Pursuits occur to
Prevent motion smear and blurred vision (respond to moving objects)
Pursuit functions
Stabilizes the image
Cancels VOR
Cancels OKN
Gain from velocity and latency
Gain because they’re going the same direction
Pursuit initiation
Open loop phase
Guided by target motion
During latency period
Maintenance of pursuit
Closed loop
Fraction of target speed
Who can receive feed back?
Open or closed loop
Closed
Pursuit stimuli
Visual targets
Non visual targets(audio)
Imaginary target
When is pursuit gain reduced
When pursuit target is moving too fast