Effects of stimulus conditions on the performance of antisaccades in man

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-200

  Fischer, Burkhart ^a   Weber, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisaccade; Fixation; Gap effect; Human; Reaction time; Saccade

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ERROR; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CALIBRATION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 0030930670     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005749     Document Type: Article

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