The influence of auditory and visual distractors on human orienting gaze shifts

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 8193-8207

  Corneil, Brian D ^a   Munoz, Douglas P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

auditory; gaze shifts; human; motor readiness; multisensory integration; target selection; visual; visual fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029830438     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-24-08193.1996     Document Type: Article

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