Tiny eye motions help us find where Waldo is
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 04:56
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- To recognize faces in a crowd, the brain employs tiny eye movements called saccades and microsaccades to help us search for objects of interest. While researchers know that these movements are involuntary and vary in magnitude, they still do not fully understand how saccades and microsaccades work.