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optomotor, a.|ˈɒptəməʊtə(r)| [f. opto- + motor a.] Pertaining to or characterized by turning of the eyes or body in response to the visual perception of a moving object.
1926Brain XLIX. 333 This nystagmus has been termed ‘railway nystagmus’, ‘optomotor nystagmus’ or simply ‘optic nystagmus’. 1932Arch. Neurol. & Psychiatry (Chicago) XXVIII. 1024 Interruption of the optomotor pathway at any point in its course would disturb the ocular adaptation to a certain direction of movement of the visual field. 1961H. Schöne in T. H. Waterman Physiol. Crustacea II. xiii. 492 The fine adjustment of turning movements in locomotion is checked by optomotor mechanisms. 1971Nature 9 July 128/1 In the classical optomotor experiment an animal is placed inside a rotating striped drum. 1975[see optokinetic a.]. |