Gaze control and cognitive load in active vision [Elektronische Ressource] : task specific strategies in normal and visually impaired subjects / von Gregor Hardieß

Gaze control and cognitive load in active vision - Task specific strategies in normal and visually impaired subjects der Fakultät für Biologie der EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITÄT TÜBINGEN zur Erlangung des Grades eines Doktors der Naturwissenschaften von Gregor Hardieß aus Erfurt vorgelegte D i s s e r t a t i o n 2007 Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 07.12.2007 Dekan der Fakultät für Biologie: Prof. Dr. Hanspeter A. Mallot 1. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Hanspeter A. Mallot 2. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schiefer Table of Contents Table of Contents GENERAL INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................2 The visual sense and the function of shifting the direction of gaze.....................................................2 Patients with homonymous hemianopia and their visual field restrictions ..........................................5 AIM OF THE THESIS.....................................................................................................................................8 References ..........................................................................................................................................9 RESULTS ...........................................................