Effects of lorazepam on saccadic eye movements – evidence from prosaccade and free viewing tasks
Overall, our findings further consolidate the peak velocity of prosaccades as a biomarker of sedation. Additionally, we suggest that sedative effects of low doses of benzodiazepines may be compensated in tasks that more closely resemble natural eye movement behaviour, possibly due to the lack of time constraints or via neurophysiological processes related to volition.
Authors
- Kaja Faßbender (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8975-4527)
- Wolf M. Harmening (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7053-1198)
- Ulrich Ettinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0160-0281)
- Jan Henrik Terheyden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0174-4066)
- Behrem Aslan
- Maximilian W. M. Wintergerst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2766-7038)
- Philine Margarete Baumert
- Tom Foulsham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8444-7269)
Institutions
- University of Essex (GB)
- University of Bonn (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychopharmacology
- Published
- 2024-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-024-06672-z
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.69
Funders
- Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn