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Suppressed synkinetic blinks accompanying saccades: an apparent artefact



	Chris Timms & Peter West Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK & Cambridge Research Systems Ltd, UK A paper given by Chris Timms and Peter West, at the International Strabismological Association meeting which is attached to World Ophthalmology Congress in São Paulo, Brazil. Conclusion: In normal subjects, saccadic overshoot ‘artefact’ is a real eye movement associated with the programming of a blink during a saccade even if the actual lid movement is suppressed.
Back to Presentation Video clips of typical eye movements Examining the video shows that the ‘artefact’ is a real eye movement. Curiously, on close inspection, a partial closure of the lid often occurs simultaneous with the overshoot. Rightwards saccade with overshoot and lid ‘twitch’ recorded at 250 frames per second at 1/10th speed Overshoot Lid ‘Twitch’
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