parietal eye

A photosensory organ located on the top of the head of certain reptiles, chiefly lizards. Also called pineal eye, third eye.

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Evidence for the lateral intraparietal area as the parietal eye field.

The contingent negative variation laterality and dynamics in antisaccade task in normal and unmedicated schizophrenic subjects

The parietal eye fields are important for gaze shifting during shifts of attention.

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