Suppression of reflexive saccades in younger and older adults: Age comparisons on an antisaccade task

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 584-591

  Butler, Karin M ^a   Zacks, Rose T ^a   Henderson, John M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL SYSTEM; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0032875431     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211552     Document Type: Article

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