Control of eye-head coordination during orienting gaze shifts
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The combined action of oculomotor, vestibular and neck motor systems is involved in gaze control. Several experiments have shown that the superior colliculus contains a species-specific motor map which determines eye and head movements according to oculomotor range. The large oculomotor range in monkeys elicit eye movements, eye-head movements for small oculomotor range in cats and head movements for absence of ocular motility in owls. Humans use saccadic movements to displace gaze shifts.
Publication Name: Trends in Neurosciences
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0166-2236
Year: 1992
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NIMH during the tenure of Director Steven E. Hyman, M.D. (1996-present): the now and future of NIMH
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National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM) Dir Steven E. Hyman attributes the institute's strong performance to efforts of past directors, to the talent of researchers and to the unprecedented opportunity given the scientific community. He believes that his job is to continue the efforts of past directors Herbert Pardes, Shervert Frazier, Federick Good and Lewis Judd to direct the NIHM toward the center of biomedical research without losing its humanistic tradition.
Publication Name: American Journal of Psychiatry
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0002-953X
Year: 1998
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Semantic interference during blocked-cyclic naming: Evidence from aphasia
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Semantic blocking effect is replicated in older controls and it is shown that in aphasia, the effect is manifested in increased error rates when naming semantically homogeneous, compared to mixed blocks. It is demonstrated that semantic blocking affects Broca's aphasics more than a matched group of NonBrocas, and that the effect increases with repetition of the blocked sets.
Publication Name: Journal of Memory and Language
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0749-596X
Year: 2006
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