Initiation and inhibition of saccadic eye movements in younger and older adults: An analysis of the gap effect

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Pratt, Jay ^b   Abrams, Richard A ^a   Chasteen, Alison L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISION;

EID: 0030936780     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/52B.2.P103     Document Type: Article

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