Exploratory saccades show no direction-specific deficit in neglect. Niemeier, M & Karnath, H O Neurology, 54(2):515–8, January, 2000.
Exploratory saccades show no direction-specific deficit in neglect [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
In patients with spatial neglect, contralesional reflexive saccades toward suddenly appearing targets show direction-specific deficits. We examined whether these deficits also occur during free exploration of space. Neglect patients' voluntary eye movements showed reduced amplitudes for saccades in all directions but no direction-specific deficit. The results argue against an interpretation of spatial neglect as a general deficit to disengage attention or to program saccades in contralesional direction.
@article{niemeier_exploratory_2000,
	title = {Exploratory saccades show no direction-specific deficit in neglect},
	volume = {54},
	issn = {0028-3878},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10668730},
	abstract = {In patients with spatial neglect, contralesional reflexive saccades toward suddenly appearing targets show direction-specific deficits. We examined whether these deficits also occur during free exploration of space. Neglect patients' voluntary eye movements showed reduced amplitudes for saccades in all directions but no direction-specific deficit. The results argue against an interpretation of spatial neglect as a general deficit to disengage attention or to program saccades in contralesional direction.},
	number = {2},
	urldate = {2009-01-14},
	journal = {Neurology},
	author = {Niemeier, M and Karnath, H O},
	month = jan,
	year = {2000},
	pmid = {10668730},
	keywords = {\#nosource, Aged, Attention, Darkness, Female, Fixation, Ocular, Functional Laterality, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Parietal Lobe, Perceptual Disorders, Photic Stimulation, Saccades, Space Perception, Volition},
	pages = {515--8},
}

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