Attention and oculomotor control: A high density ERP study of the gap effect

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 855-865

  Csibra, Gergely ^a   Johnson, Mark H ^a   Tucker, Leslie A ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covert attention; ERP; Gap effect; Pre saccadic potentials; Saccade planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCALP; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030989627     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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