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'The Moving Tablet of the Eye': The Origins of Modern Eye Movement Research

Name: 'The Moving Tablet of the Eye': The Origins of Modern Eye Movement Research
Author: Nicholas J. Wade
ISBN: 9780198566175

by Nicholas J. Wade, Benjamin Tatler

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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ISBN: 9780198566175

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Synopsis of 'The Moving Tablet of the Eye': The Origins of Modern Eye Movement Research

"Eye movements are a vital part of our interaction with the world. They play a pivotal role in perception, cognition, and education. Research in this field is now proceeding at a considerable pace and casting new light on how the eyes move and what information we can derive during the frequent and brief periods of fixation. However, the origins of eye movement research are less well known, even though much of our knowledge is derived from this work, which took place using far more primitive equipment." "This book is unique in tracing the history of eye movement research. It shows how great strides were made in this area before modern recording devices were available, especially in the measurement of nystagmus. When photographic techniques were adapted to measure discontinuous eye movements, from about 1900, many of the issues that are now basic to modern research were then investigated. One of the earliest cognitive tasks examined was reading, and it remains in the vanguard of contemporary research." "Modern researchers in this field will be astonished at the subtleties of these early experimental studies and the ingenuity of interpretations that were advanced one and even two centuries ago. Though physicians often carried out the original eye movement research, later on it was pursued by psychologists, and it is within contemporary neuroscience than we find these two strands reunited." Anyone interested in the origins of psychology and neuroscience will find much to stimulate and surprise them in this valuable new work.