About the Authors

Günter Kugler

Contributed equally to this work with: Günter Kugler, Bernard Marius ‘t Hart

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Bernard Marius ‘t Hart

Contributed equally to this work with: Günter Kugler, Bernard Marius ‘t Hart

thartbm@gmail.com

Affiliations Neurophysics, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany, Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Stefan Kohlbecher

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Wolfgang Einhäuser

Affiliations Neurophysics, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany, Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany

Erich Schneider

Affiliation Institute of Medical Technology, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg, Senftenberg, Germany

Competing Interests

Three of the authors, Günter Kugler, Stefan Kohlbecher, and Erich Schneider are shareholders of EyeSeeTec GmbH, manufacturer of the eye-tracking equipment used in the study. There are no patents to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GK BMtH WE ES. Performed the experiments: GK BMtH SK WE. Analyzed the data: GK BMtH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GK SK WE. Wrote the paper: GK BMtH WE ES. Critical revision of the manuscript: SK.