Neural Mechanisms of Coordinated Eye-Hand Behaviors
A special issue of Vision (ISSN 2411-5150).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 March 2026 | Viewed by 70
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Throughout the day we make a myriad of precise hand and arm movements. The accuracy of these movements depends on visual feedback from eye movements that foveate reach targets. The tight coupling of eye and hand movement suggests a common control mechanism in the brain. Eye and hand movements are controlled by different regions of the brain. Therefore, eye-hand movements form a unique test bed for studying how areas of the brain flexibly and dynamically interact with one another. Eye-hand movements have been studied for over a century, establishing a rich repertoire of behavioral paradigms and constraints. However, recent advances in technology for tracking eye and arm movements is expanding our understanding of these movements in more naturalistic and dynamic settings. Furthermore, many questions remain, particularly about the neural underpinnings of visually guided behaviors and how activity is coordinated both within and across brain areas.
This special issue aims to explore the mechanisms and principles underlying coordinated eye-hand behaviors. We invite contributions addressing theoretical, empirical, and computational perspectives on topics including but not limited to coordinated eye-hand behaviors, visually guided reaching, the role of visual-feedback on motor acuity, the role of eye movements in natural behaviors. Submissions that examine the neural mechanisms of coordinated behaviors are particularly welcome as are submissions that utilize naturalistic, ethologically motivated paradigms. This Special Issue will broaden our understanding of how the brain is able to rapidly and flexibly coordinated eye movements to facilitate visually guided movements.
Dr. Maureen Hagan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- eye-hand coordination
- visually guided reaching
- visual feedback
- eye movements
- reaching
- 3D tracking
- sensorimotor integration
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