Table A3.

Blanking effect and parameter comparison to previous studies.

	Stimulus				JNDs (°)		Blanking effect
Reference	Type	Size (°)	Eccentricity (°)	Blank duration (ms)	No-blank	Blank	Relative	Absolute (°)	Postsaccadic duration (ms)	Sample size (n)
Deubel et al. (1996)	Cross	0.2	6 or 8	250	1.00	0.50	0.67	0.50	Until response (∼500–1000 ms)	6
Ostendorf et al. (2010)	Cross	0.5	6 or 8	250	1.18	0.51	0.79	0.67	Until response (maximum 5 s)	8
Irwin & Robinson (2018)	Cross	0.8	6 or 8	300	2.07	0.87	0.82	1.20	Until response	12
Tas et al. (2012)	Dot	0.33	6 to 8	250	0.85	0.49	0.54	0.36	Until response	7
Tas et al. (2012)	Circular objects	0.65	6 to 8	250	0.97	0.72	0.30	0.25	Until response	7
This study (children)	Cartoon animal	2.39 × 1.76; 2.51 × 1.72	8 or 10	300	2.48	1.46	0.52	1.02	400	15
This study (adults)	Cartoon animal	2.39 × 1.76; 2.51 × 1.72	8 or 10	300	1.05	0.80	0.24	0.25	400	15