Stephen Heinen
Senior Scientist
Degrees: Ph.D.
Our laboratory studies how visual perception and cognition guide the smooth pursuit eye movement system. The goal of our research is to provide information about basic neural mechanisms that drive this system that will aid in the diagnosis and treatment of vision and eye movement disorders. Basic knowledge about brain function obtained through this work should generalize to help better understand devastating disorders that affect movement and perception such as schizophrenia, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's diseases.
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Journal Articles
. (2017). Illusory motion reveals velocity matching, not foveation, drives smooth pursuit of large objects. Journal Of Vision, 17(12).
. (2017). Monocular and Binocular Smooth Pursuit in Central Field Loss. Vision Research.
. (2016). Smooth pursuit eye movements in patients with macular degeneration. Journal Of Vision, 16, 1.
. (2015). Allocation of attention during pursuit of large objects is no different than during fixation. Journal Of Vision, 15, 9–9.
. (2015). A mechanism for decision rule discrimination by supplementary eye field neurons. Experimental Brain Research, 233, 459–476.
. (2015). Different time scales of motion integration for anticipatory smooth pursuit and perceptual adaptation. Journal Of Vision, 15, 16.
. (2015). A foveal target increases catch-up saccade frequency during smooth pursuit. Journal Of Neurophysiology, jn–00774.
. (2014). Contrasting the roles of the supplementary and frontal eye fields in ocular decision making. Journal Of Neurophysiology, 111, 2644–2655.
. (2014). Motion Integration for Ocular Pursuit Does Not Hinder Perceptual Segregation of Moving Objects. The Journal Of Neuroscience, 34, 5835–5841.
. (2011). Flexible interpretation of a decision rule by supplementary eye field neurons. Journal Of Neurophysiology, 106, 2992–3000.
. (2010). The default allocation of attention is broadly ahead of smooth pursuit. Journal Of Vision, 10, 7.
. (2008). The effects of microstimulation of the dorsomedial frontal cortex on saccade latency. Journal Of Neurophysiology, 99, 1857–1870.
. (2007). Oculomotor Hide and Seek: Pursuing an Accelerating Target Behind an Occluder. Focus on “Target Acceleration Can Be Extracted and Represented Within the Predictive Drive to Ocular Pursuit”. Journal Of Neurophysiology, 98, 1073–1074.
. (2006). An oculomotor decision process revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging. The Journal Of Neuroscience, 26, 13515–13522.
. (2006). Anticipatory movement timing using prediction and external cues. The Journal Of Neuroscience, 26, 4519–4525.
. (2005). Trajectory interpretation by supplementary eye field neurons during ocular baseball. Journal Of Neurophysiology, 94, 1385–1391.
. (2005). Properties of saccades generated as a choice response. Experimental Brain Research, 162, 278–286.
. (2005). Timing and velocity randomization similarly affect anticipatory pursuit. Journal Of Vision, 5, 1.
. (2004). Supplementary eye fields stimulation facilitates anticipatory pursuit. Journal Of Neurophysiology, 92, 1257–1262.
. (2003). Perceptual and oculomotor evidence of limitations on processing accelerating motion. Journal Of Vision, 3, 698-709. (Original work published 2003)
. (2003). Smooth pursuit eye movements: Recent advances. The Visual Neurosciences (Chalupa Lm, Werner Js, Eds), 333–334.
. (2001). Facilitation of smooth pursuit initiation by electrical stimulation in the supplementary eye fields. Journal Of Neurophysiology, 86, 2413–2425.
. (1997). Single-neuron activity in the dorsomedial frontal cortex during smooth-pursuit eye movements to predictable target motion. Visual Neuroscience, 14, 853–865.
. (1996). The function of the cerebellar uvula in monkey during optokinetic and pursuit eye movements: single-unit responses and lesion effects. Experimental Brain Research, 110, 1–14.
. (1995). Single neuron activity in the dorsomedial frontal cortex during smooth pursuit eye movements. Experimental Brain Research, 104, 357–361.
. (1992). Adaptation of saccades and fixation to bilateral foveal lesions in adult monkey. Vision Research, 32, 365–373.
. (1992). Cerebellar uvula involvement in visual motion processing and smooth pursuit control in monkey. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences, 656, 775–782.
. (1991). Recovery of visual responses in foveal V1 neurons following bilateral foveal lesions in adult monkey. Experimental Brain Research, 83, 670–674.
. (1991). Characteristics of nystagmus evoked by electrical stimulation of the uvular/nodular lobules of the cerebellum in monkey. Journal Of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium & Orientation, 2, 235–245.
. (1991). Generation of smooth-pursuit eye movements: neuronal mechanisms and pathways. Neuroscience Research, 11, 79–107.
Presentations/Posters
. (2016). Gaze Changes from Binocular to Monocular Viewing during Smooth Pursuit in Macular Degeneration. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.
. (2016). Do we foveate targets during smooth pursuit?.
Other Publications
. (1994). Evidence of a timing mechanism for predictive smooth pursuit in frontal cortex. In Contemporary Oculomotor and Vestibular Research: A Tribute to David A Robinson.
. (1993). Patterns of eye movement adaptation to foveal lesions in adult primates. In Walker, M. F., FitzGibbon, E. J., & Goldberg, M. E. (1994). Contemporary Oculomotor and Vestibular Research: A Tribute to David A Robinson.
Heinen Lab
Our laboratory studies how visual perception and cognition guide the smooth pursuit eye movement system. The goal of our research is to provide information about basic neural mechanisms that drive this system that will aid in the diagnosis and treatment of vision and eye movement disorders. Basic...
Go and Nogo Decision Making
The decision to make or withhold a saccade has been studied extensively using a go-nogo paradigm, but little is known about the decision process underlying pursuit of moving objects. Prevailing models describe pursuit as a feedback system that responds reactively to a moving stimulus. However,...
Integration and Segregation
Traditionally, smooth pursuit research has explored how eye movements are generated to follow small, isolated targets that fit within the fovea. Objects in a natural scene, however, are often larger and extend to peripheral retina. They also have components that move in different directions or...
Characteristics of Smooth Pursuit in Individuals with Central Field Loss
This project investigates the properties of smooth pursuit eye movements in individuals with macular degeneration. Commonly believed to be a fovea-linked eye movement, smooth pursuit has not been previously investigated in individuals with central field loss, despite its importance for tracking...
Contact Information
2318 Fillmore St.
San Francisco, California 94115
Room #
406
Email:
heinen@ski.org
Office Phone:
(415) 345-2101
Lab Phone:
(415) 831-2380
Mobile Phone:
(415) 831-2380