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The Motivated Saccade (1974)

1974 · Short film · 26 min

Synopsis

Documents the motivated control of a specific brain wave by a laboratory experiment in which a cat is conditioned to increase or withhold its eye movement and the related lambda wave. Explains saccadic eye movements and summarizes the behavior in terms of presently understood brain mechanism. Investigators: Paul School and Vernon Rowland, Case Western Reserve University

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Running time
26 minutes
Language
English
Collection
Educational Films, Ephemeral Films

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