By recording neuronal activity in monkeys as they performed tasks that
caused saccades, Dr. Christopher Pack has shown that there are waves of activity that cross specific vision processing areas of the brain in defined patterns, and that these patterns are reorganized by saccadic eye movements.
A similar response is also evident during the self - timed
saccade activity (blue, left), although the
cause is likely due to a central
saccade bringing the RF to encompass the peripheral target instead of target onset since first
saccades are not included in the rhythmic analysis (Figure 4C).