Effective galvanic vestibular stimulation in synchronizing with ocular movement

Abstract

It is known that galvanic vestibular stimulation can cause ocular movement. Our final goal is to use GVS to support ocular movements. However, the effects of GVS to ocular movements are basically investigated while gazing at a certain point despite the fact that we have two different strategies to follow a moving target such as saccade and smooth pursuit. The effect might be different because those two use different mechanism. Therefore, this paper investigates the GVS effects during saccade. As a result, we show that the effect of GVS depends on the timing when GVS is given after the target marker moves.