ArticleProgress in neurobiology2023
Microsaccades transiently lateralise EEG alpha activity.
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- Broadband high-frequency activity initializes distractor suppression.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2025Article
- Microsaccades strongly modulate but do not directly cause the EEG N2pc marker of spatial attention.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- Adaptive modulation of microsaccades and saccade dynamics by global luminance.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2025Article
- Oscillatory Brain Activity in the Canonical Alpha-Band Conceals Distinct Mechanisms in Attention.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- The speed and phase of locomotion dictate saccade probability and simultaneous low-frequency power spectra.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2025Article
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- Eye movements track prioritized auditory features in selective attention to natural speech.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Distractor inhibition by alpha oscillations is controlled by an indirect mechanism governed by goal-relevant information.Communications psychology · 2024Review
- Microsaccades reflect attention shifts: a mini review of 20 years of microsaccade research.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
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Abstract
The lateralisation of 8-12 Hz alpha activity is a canonical signature of human spatial cognition that is typically studied under strict fixation requirements. Yet, even during attempted fixation, the brain produces small involuntary eye movements known as microsaccades. Here we report how spontaneous microsaccades - made in the absence of incentives to look elsewhere - can themselves drive transient lateralisation of EEG alpha power according to microsaccade direction. This transient lateralisation of posterior alpha power occurs similarly following start and return microsaccades and is, at least for start microsaccades, driven by increased alpha power ipsilateral to microsaccade direction. This reveals new links between spontaneous microsaccades and human electrophysiological brain activity. It highlights how microsaccades are an important factor to consider in studies relating alpha activity - including spontaneous fluctuations in alpha activity - to spatial cognition, such as studies on visual attention, anticipation, and working memory.
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