OPTOKINETIC REFLEX (OKR)

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N., Pam M.S.
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the compensatory eye motions which permit the eyes to keep focus on a visual mark during fairly big, slow head motions. The optokinetic reflex is motivated by visual signals.

OPTOKINETIC REFLEX (OKR): "It would appear that Janice is lacking optokinetic reflexes since her fall this morning."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. VESTIBULO-OCULAR REFLEX (VOR)
  2. FIXATION REFLEX
  3. NECK-EYE REFLEX
  4. OPTOKINETIC EFFECT 1
  5. OVERSHOOTING
  6. VISUAL SYSTEM
  7. VISUAL-RIGHTING REFLEX
  8. CONGENITAL OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA
  9. VISUAL PURSUIT
  10. VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "OPTOKINETIC REFLEX (OKR)," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/optokinetic-reflex-okr/ (accessed June 3, 2020).
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