An example of Listing's plane

Using 3D coils measures of eye position, one sees that

1) eye positions are confined to a planar surface

2) the surface has a finite thickness (SD ranges from .4 to 1.1 deg.)

3) the surface is equally thick over the horizontal & vertical range

4) eye position is confined to a plane during saccades as well as after saccades.


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

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