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BINOCULAR fixation eye movement records1 for subjects in the sitting position revealed a striking difference from monocular records2 obtained with the subject supine. To decide whether the change of posture or the change to binocular vision was responsible for the difference, monocular fixation movements of the right eye have been investigated for seven subjects in the sitting position.
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Lord, M. P. (in preparation).
Lord, M. P., and Wright, W. D., Nature, 162, 25 (1948).
Lord, M. P., Proc. Phys. Soc., 61, 489 (1948).
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LORD, M. Effect of a Posture Change on Head and Monocular Fixation Eye Movements. Nature 166, 349–350 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166349a0
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