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- noun Plural form of
saccade .
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Examples
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Microsaccades are tiny versions of "saccades" - the rapid eye movements you are using to shift your gaze to successive words as you read this sentence.
The Why Files 2009
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Our eyes dart back and forth constantly and unconsciously—movement called saccades—to further complete the visual scene.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Our eyes dart back and forth constantly and unconsciously—movement called saccades—to further complete the visual scene.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Queen's University's Doug Munoz has found that Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients perform poorly on tests that measure their control over fast eye movements called saccades, in ways that are distinctive for each disease.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Anne McIlroy 2010
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Queen's University's Doug Munoz has found that Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients perform poorly on tests that measure their control over fast eye movements called saccades, in ways that are distinctive for each disease.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Anne McIlroy 2010
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Instead, the eye wanders in a rather random-looking pattern that combines a bit of drift and tremor with small, sudden "saccades" that, being tiny, get branded by the uber-jargon term "microsaccade."
The Why Files 2009
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The scanpath reveals that the eye darts unpredictably in straight jagged leaps known as saccades.
Archive 2009-09-01 James Gurney 2009
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The scanpath reveals that the eye darts unpredictably in straight jagged leaps known as saccades.
Eye Tracking and Composition, Part 2 James Gurney 2009
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Oh, and we don't make enough saccades to eliminate retinal rivalry completely.
Brendon’s Avatar Day Experience - The Footage, Guy Ritchie and Joel Silver Reactions | /Film 2009
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Fast eye movements (or saccades) are researched quite extensively as they seem to give an indication of brain function, and can be affected by genetic abnormalities, mental illness and certain drugs (as this review reported, and as Christian's own research has indicated).
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