Volume 3, Number 11, Article 14, Pages 808-816 doi:10.1167/3.11.14 http://journalofvision.org/3/11/14/ ISSN 1534-7362
The reentry hypothesis: linking eye movements to visual perception
Fred H. Hamker
Allgemeine Psychologie, Westf. Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany
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Abstract

Cortical organization of vision appears to be divided into perception and action. Models of vision have generally assumed that eye movements serve to select a scene for perception, so action and perception are sequential processes. We suggest a less distinct separation. According to our model, occulomotor areas responsible for planning an eye movement, such as the frontal eye field, influence perception prior to the eye movement. The activity reflecting the planning of an eye movement reenters the ventral pathway and sensitizes all cells within the movement field so the planned action determines perception. We demonstrate the performance of the computational model in a visual search task that demands an eye movement toward a target.

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History
Received May 2, 2003; published December 12, 2003
Citation
Hamker, F. H. (2003). The reentry hypothesis: linking eye movements to visual perception. Journal of Vision, 3(11):14, 808-816, http://journalofvision.org/3/11/14/, doi:10.1167/3.11.14.
Keywords
visual perception, eye movement, attention, model, V4, IT, FEF, competition, reentry
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