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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Vision Res. 2015 Jan 30;118:70–82. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2015.01.009

Table 1.

Equations used for fitting congruent rate, overall rate, and fraction of congruent fixational saccades. Subscripts 1 and 2 indicate parafoveal-only and parafoveal+peripheral conditions, respectively. f1(c) and f2(c), fraction of congruent fixational saccades as a function of parafoveal contrast c. Ro1(c) and Ro2(c), overall rate of fixational saccades. Rc1(c) and Rc2(c), rate of congruent fixational saccades. Rc1,2(c) = Ro1,2(c)f1,2(c) for each combination of rate and fraction models.

Type of data DC Model Same Model Different Model
Fraction of congruent
fixational saccades
f1(c) = b1
f2(c) = b2
f1(C)=Cfn/(Cn+)fn+0.25
f2(c) = f1(c)
f1(C)=Cf1n/(Cn+)fn+0.25

f1(C)=Cf2n/(Cn+)fn+0.25
2 parameters:
(b1, b2)
3 parameters:
(f, n, f)
4 parameters:
(f1, f2,n,f)

Congruent Rate Rc1(c) = 1f1(c)
Rc2(c) = 2f2(c)
Rc1(c) = Rcm/ (cm + Rm) +
Rc2(c) = Ro2(c)f2(c) = Rc1(c)f2(c)/f1(c)
Rc1(c) = R cm/ (cm + Rm) +
Rc2(c) = Ro2(c)f2(c) = Rc1(c)f2(c)/f1(c) + f2(c)
Overall Rate Ro1(c) = 1
Ro2(c) = 2
Ro1 (c) = Rc1(c)/f1(c)
Ro2 (c) = Ro1(c)
Ro1 (c) = Rc1(c)/f1(c)
Ro2(c) = Ro1(c) +
2 parameters:
(1, 2)
4 parameters:
(R, m, R,)
5 parameters:
(R, m, R, ,)

DC Fraction model, parameters b1 and b2 specify f1 and f2, respectively. Same Fraction model, parameters fn, f correspond to the gain, exponent, and semi-saturation, respectively, of a Nara-Rushton function (shared for f1 and f2). Different Fraction model, f1, and f2 correspond to the gain of f1 and f2, respectively; n, f correspond to the exponent, and semi-saturation (shared for f1 and f2). DC Rate model, parameters 1 and 2 specify the overall rates. Same Rate model and Difference Rate models, parameters R, m, R, and correspond to the gain, exponent, semi-saturation, and baseline, respectively, of the Nara-Rushton function that specify one of the congruent rate curves Rc1(c). The other three curves, Rc2(c), (Ro1(c), and Ro2(c), are specified relative to that function. Same Rate model, Ro1(c), = Ro2(c). Different Rate model, Ro1(c) and Ro2(c) differ by a constant.