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Abstract
A multitude of cognitive functions can easily be tested by a number of relatively
simple saccadic eye movement tasks. This approach has been employed extensively with
patient populations to investigate the functional deficits associated with psychiatric
disorders. Neurophysiological studies in non-human primates performing the same tasks
have begun to provide us with insights into the neural mechanisms underlying many
cognitive functions. Here, we review studies that have investigated single neuron
activity in the superior colliculus (see glossary), frontal eye field, supplementary
eye field, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate (see glossary) cortex
and lateral intraparietal area associated with the performance of visually guided
saccades, anti-saccades and memory-guided saccades in awake behaving monkeys.