Interaction between the oculomotor and postural systems during a dual-task: Compensatory reductions in head sway following visually-induced postural perturbations promote the production of accurate double-step saccades in standing human adults

Mathieu Boulanger; Guillaume Giraudet; Jocelyn Faubert

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173678

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Interaction between the oculomotor and postural systems during a dual-task: Compensatory reductions in head sway following visually-induced postural perturbations promote the production of accurate double-step saccades in standing human adults

Mathieu Boulanger ,

* E-mail: mathieu.boulanger@mail.mcgill.ca

Affiliations École d’Optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, McGill University, Laval, Quebec, Canada

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0358-0939

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Guillaume Giraudet,

Affiliation École d’Optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Jocelyn Faubert

Affiliation École d’Optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Interaction between the oculomotor and postural systems during a dual-task: Compensatory reductions in head sway following visually-induced postural perturbations promote the production of accurate double-step saccades in standing human adults

Mathieu Boulanger,
Guillaume Giraudet,
Jocelyn Faubert

Published: March 15, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173678

About the Authors

Mathieu Boulanger

* E-mail: mathieu.boulanger@mail.mcgill.ca

Affiliations École d’Optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, McGill University, Laval, Quebec, Canada

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0358-0939

Guillaume Giraudet

Affiliation École d’Optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jocelyn Faubert

Affiliation École d’Optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MB GG. Data curation: MB. Formal analysis: MB. Funding acquisition: JF. Investigation: MB. Methodology: MB GG. Project administration: MB GG JF. Resources: GG JF. Software: MB. Supervision: GG JF. Validation: MB GG. Visualization: MB. Writing – original draft: MB. Writing – review & editing: MB.

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