The control of fixational eye movements [Elektronische Ressource] / von Konstantin Mergenthaler

The control of fixational eyemovementsDissertationzur Erlangung des akademischen GradesDoktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.)in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin Nichtlineare Dynamikeingereicht an derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult¨atUniversit¨at PotsdamvonKonstantin MergenthalerPotsdam, Oktober 2008This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License: Attribution - Noncommercial - Share Alike 3.0 Germany To view a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/de/ Published online at the Institutional Repository of the University of Potsdam: http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/2939/ urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-29397 [http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-29397] iAcknowledgmentsI thank Professor Ralf Engbert for accepting me as his doctoral student, for providingme with a very productive environment, and for his great support in all kinds ofquestions related to the preparation of the thesis. He helped me to go the large stepfrom pure physics into modeling in the cognitive sciences.I thank Professor Reinhold Kliegl and Professor Ju¨rgen Kurths for offeringme a position within the Promotionskolleg “Helmholtz center for mind and braindynamics” and the financial support of the MWFK Brandenburg.