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Research from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering has provided new information about life sciences

Published in Blood Weekly, August 28th, 2008

Scientists discuss in 'Brief intermittent light stimulation disrupts saccadic oculomotor control' new findings in life sciences. "This study sought to determine the effect of very brief, single and multiple pulses of light on spatial and temporal aspects of saccadic eye movements. Twelve visually normal, young adult subjects participated in the experiments," researchers in the United States report.

"Horizontal eye position was monitored as subjects attempted to track target step displacements in the presence of either single or multiple brief flashes of light in the visual field. Three primary findings were observed: (1) increased saccadic latency, (2) increased time...

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