A preparatory cranial potential for saccadic eye movements in macaque monkeys

We describe a lateralized readiness potential recorded over frontolateral cortex of macaques before saccades. The potential parallels saccade-related spiking in the frontal eye field, but does not distinguish between generating and inhibiting a saccade.

April 2025 · Steven P. Errington & Jeffrey D. Schall

Express saccades during a countermanding task

A serendipitous discovery that macaque monkeys produce express saccades under conditions that should discourage them reveals how cognitive control can adapt behavior to maximize reward.

August 2020 · Steven P. Errington & Jeffrey D. Schall