Visuomotor Integration

The Section on Visual Motor Integration studies visual processing for the control of movement, particularly eye movements. Experiments are directed toward understanding the systems within the brain for the generation of saccadic and smooth pursuit eye movements, the use of visual motion for the control of movement, the alteration of visual processing by movement, and the selection of visual stimuli for the control of movement. Current experiments are primarily on the saccadic system and are centered on the superior colliculus but extend to the relevant areas of parietal and frontal cortex, and use the Rhesus monkey as the animal model for the study of these systems.

Staff	Title	E-mail
Robert H. Wurtz	Visuomotor Integration Section Chief	bob@lsr.nei.nih.gov
Rebecca Berman	Post Doctoral Fellow	bermanr@nei.nih.gov
James R. Cavanaugh	Ph.D. Post Doctoral Fellow	jrc@lsr.nei.nih.gov
Kerry McAlonan	Ph.D. Post Doctoral Fellow	km@lsr.nei.nih.gov