Saccadic eye movement

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-010468",
  "term": "Saccadic eye movement",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Rapid, ballistic jumps of the eyes that move the fovea from one fixation point to another, as in reading or scanning a scene. They can be made voluntarily or triggered reflexively, last roughly 20 to 200 milliseconds, and reach peak speeds of several hundred degrees per second. Vision is largely suppressed while a saccade is under way.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "see_also": [
    "nystagmus"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 903 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/saccadic-eye-movement/"
}