Tiny gaze shifts, or microsaccades, have little function in the eye movement control system and were once thought to be suppressed during fine spatial judgements. A new study suggests that they are important for finely guided visuomotor tasks and may actively contribute to the acquisition of spatial information in the same way as do larger saccades.
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Kowler, E., Collewijn, H. The eye on the needle. Nat Neurosci 13, 1443–1444 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1210-1443
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