Summary:
- Our eyes make rapid movements called saccades to quickly shift our gaze from one point to another. This allows us to efficiently scan our visual environment.
- The speed of these saccadic eye movements is related to how quickly our visual system can process information. Faster saccades indicate the brain is better able to extract and process visual details.
- This study found that people with higher visual processing speeds had faster saccadic eye movements, suggesting a link between visual perception and oculomotor control.