2014 年 33 巻 1 号 p. 81-85
Eye movements have been extensively studied in Neuroscience as a model system to understand neural mechanisms of motor control and learning. Further they have been examined in clinical and psychological studies since neural circuitries involved in eye movements extend to wide brain areas that are also involved in other brain functions such as attention. In this paper, I summarize recent researches in neuroscience that employ eye movements to elucidate neuronal mechanisms of motor learning. Then, an example of application of the accumulated neuroscience evidence to real world engineering problem, namely adaptive robot control, is introduced. Another application of eye movements to monitor car driver's physiological states is also summarized. By showing these recent studies on eye movements, I propose that eye movements can be one of the most attractive model systems to bridge the engineering and basic psychology in harmony.
