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saccadic movement

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saccadic movement
a quick return movement of the eyeball in order to establish a new image on the retina.


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Your eye-movements are controlled by your Cerebellum (< L little brain) and when you speed read you are using different saccadic movements than your snailing.
But, on the other hand, I have never seen a human eye with more rapid saccadic movements.
The idea that you're able to decrease symptoms or cure PTSD by repetitive saccadic movements while recalling the trauma just sounds cuckoo," he said.
 
 
 
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