What rotation does the eye use?

The shortest rotation w from A to B tilts as much as G (the gaze direction)

The rotation w, with no tilt, is longer.

The eye's rotation w tilts half way between the shortest and the longer.

Thus during saccades, the eye is rotated about a sub-optimal axis


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Department of Physiology
University of Western Ontario
London Ontario Canada
Updated October 01, 1996

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