Table 1.
Selected data from the literature review on microsaccades. For the full table please refer to the supplementary methods.
| Paper | Analysis Method | Eye Tracker | Number of Participants | Min Distance ['] | Mean Distance ['] | Max Distance ['] | Min Speed [°/s] | Mean Speed[°/s] | Max Speed[°/s] | Mean Acceleration [°/s²] | Max Acceleration [°/s²] | Min Duration [ms] | Mean Duration [ms] | Max Duration [ms] | Min Frequency [1/s] | Mean Frequency [1/s] | Max Frequency [1/s] |
| Cherici, Kuang, Poletti, & Rucci, 2012 | TH | DPI | 14 | 17† | 40 | 67† | 0.16† | 1.07 | 2.14† | ||||||||
| Dimigen et al., 2009 | EK | VB | 12 | 1.8 | 13.8 | 60 | 3 | / | 65 | / | / | / | / | / | 0.2 | 1.46834 | 6.5 |
| Ditchburn & Ginsborg, 1953 | M | CLM | 2 | 5 | 6.1/5.8 | 15 | / | 10 | / | / | 1000 | / | / | / | 0.2 | .9-1.4 | 33.33 |
| Martinez-Conde, Macknik, Troncoso, & Dyar, 2006 | MC | VB | 8 | 1 | 14.4 | 120 | 3 | / | 40 | / | / | / | / | / | 3.2 | ng | 4.5 |
| McCamy et al., 2012 | EK | VB | 6 | 1.8 | / | 60 | 5 | / | 140 | / | / | / | 20 | / | 0.5 | 1.07 | 2.6 |
| Møller et al., 2002 | TH | VB | 10 | 6 | 13-66 | 150 | / | 19-40 | 28-98 | 2321-6439 | / | / | / | / | 0.23† | 0.61 | 0.93† |
| Otero-Millan et al., 2008 | EK | VB | 8 | 2.4 | 24.6 | 60 | 10 | / | 42 | / | / | 4 | 13 | 34 | / | 0.8 | / |
| Otero-Millan et al., 2012 | EK | VB | 8 | 3 | 30 | 153 | 15 | 28 (peak) | 200 | / | / | 4.3† | 8 | 12† | 0.48† | 0.8 | 1.3† |
| Schulz, 1984 | / | CLM | 6 | 3 | / | 50 | 8.3 | / | 35 | / | / | 16 | / | 25 | 1 | / | 3 |
| Siegenthaler et al., 2014 | EK | VB | 11 | 6 | 27 | 120 | 10 | / | 170 | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1.35 | / |
| Troncoso, Macknik, & Martinez-Conde, 2008 | EK | VB | 6 | 1.8 | 24.6 | 180 | / | 41 (peak) | 100 | / | / | 2 | 13 | 101 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Valsecchi et al., 2007 | EK | VB | 17 | 2 | / | 90 | 3 | / | 290 | / | / | / | / | / | 0.733 | 1.544-1.797 | 3.1 |
| Winterson & Collewijn, 1976 | / | SC | 7 | 1 | 7 | 60 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | 0.079 | 1.25 | 1.78 |
| Zuber & Stark, 1965 | / | L | 1 | 2 | / | 13 | 3 | / | 14 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| Hauperich, Young & Smithson | BCρ | VB | 5 | 0.1 | 34 | 352 | 6.3 | 15.2 | 43.3 | 2800 | 5700 | 2 | 30 | 239 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Hauperich, Young & Smithson | EK | VB | 5 | 0.2 | 25 | 1218 | 10.2 | 28.8 | 62.5 | 3600 | 9200 | 3 | 25 | 92 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| Hauperich, Young & Smithson | M | VB | 5 | 2.6 | 28 | 633 | 2.6 | 22.9 | 441 | 3300 | 6800 | 11 | 34 | 165 | 0.55 | 0.85 | 1.12 |
Note: The articles selected to appear in this table were chosen for the completeness with which they report the parameters we list in the columns of the table, as well as to represent a spread of papers through time. Data in bold represent values read off graphs, daggers indicate that the value given represents a median. In the column ‘Analysis method’ EK refers to variants of the Engbert and Kliegl (2003) method; MC refers to the criteria used by Martinez-Conde et al (2000); M indicates manual coding; TH refers to other threshold methods and BC indicates the BCρ method. In the column ‘Eye Tracker’ DPI refers to Dual Purkinje Image systems; VB indicates video-based eye tracking; CLM refers to contact lens mirror systems; SC refers to scleral coil systems and L refers to limbus trackers.