Pursuit movement is the ability of the eyes to follow a moving object around. This is somewhat less accurate than the vestibulo-ocular reflex because it requires the brain to process incoming visual information and provide feedback. Pursuit eye movements cannot be executed when following an imaginary point. In this case, the eyes are using saccadic movements, which are small, jerky, ballistic eye movements that cannot be stopped once they have begun.

See also

• Eye movements
• Frontal eye fields
• Medial eye fields

External links

• Krauzlis, RJ. The control of voluntary eye movements: new perspectives. The Neuroscientist. 2005 Apr;11(2):124-37. PMID 15746381

Visual system