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Central and Divided Visual Field Presentation of Emotional Images to Measure Hemispheric Differences in Motivated Attention
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2017
This study compared central versus divided visual field presentations of emotional images to assess differences in motivated attention between the two hemispheres. The late positive potential (LPP) was recorded using electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potentials (ERPs) methodologies to assess motivated attention.
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Assessing Binocular Central Visual Field and Binocular Eye Movements in a Dichoptic Viewing Condition
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2020
Presented here is a protocol for assessing binocular eye movements and gaze-controlled central visual field screening in participants with central vision loss.
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The Central Dogma
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2019
Overview The central dogma of biology states that information encoded in the DNA is transferred to messenger RNA (mRNA), which then directs the synthesis of protein. The set of instructions that enable the mRNA nucleotide sequence to be decoded into amino acids is called the genetic code. The universal nature of this genetic code has spurred advances in scientific research, agriculture, and medicine. RNA Is the Missing Link between DNA and Proteins In the early 1900s, scientists discovered...
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Driving Simulation in the Clinic: Testing Visual Exploratory Behavior in Daily Life Activities in Patients with Visual Field Defects
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2012
Patients with visual deficits after stroke report about different constraints in daily life most likely due to variable compensatory strategies, which are difficult to differentiate in clinical routine. We present a clinical set-up which allows measurement of different compensatory head- and eye-movement-strategies and evaluating their effects on driving performance.
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Topographical Estimation of Visual Population Receptive Fields by fMRI
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2015
It is important to obtain unbiased estimates of visual population receptive fields (pRFs) by functional magnetic resonance imaging. We use mild regularization constraints to estimate pRF topography without a-priori assumptions about pRF shape, allowing us to choose specific pRF models post-hoc. This is particularly advantageous in subjects with visual-pathway lesions.
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Its behavioral advantage comes from the fovea’s densely packed cone photoreceptors and the visual pathways that carry their signals. This arrangement supports fine spatial analysis and color discrimination, allowing observers to distinguish detailed features more effectively in the center of gaze. These capabilities are especially important when identifying objects or examining visually complex information.
Comparing the two regions reveals differences in visual acuity, processing speed, and attentional guidance. Central viewing generally supports detailed analysis, whereas peripheral viewing contributes to awareness of objects and events outside the point of gaze. Behavioral experiments use these contrasts to examine how people divide visual information between precise inspection and broader environmental monitoring.
Eye movements place relevant objects or text within the central visual field, enabling detailed analysis by the fovea. In behavioral research, this relationship helps explain how people inspect scenes, shift attention, and coordinate gaze with ongoing tasks. Studying central-field measurements alongside eye movements can therefore connect visual information processing with observable patterns of behavior.
Central-field processing helps observers analyze targets that receive direct, detailed inspection, while comparisons with peripheral viewing show how attention guides selection across space. Measurements of target detection can reveal whether performance depends more on detailed central analysis or on information noticed outside the point of gaze. This makes the central visual field relevant to attention research.
Researchers can compare performance when information is presented in central and peripheral locations to examine differences in acuity, processing speed, attention, and object recognition. These measurements provide behavioral evidence about how visual pathways support tasks such as reading and target detection. The resulting comparisons clarify how the location of information influences what observers notice and identify.
Reading requires detailed analysis of visual information, while object recognition depends on identifying relevant features. Central-field measurements help researchers relate these behaviors to the visual system’s capacity for fine spatial analysis and color discrimination. They also show how gaze and attention support interactions with objects, text, and visually structured environments.