The Gap effect for spatially oriented responses

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Pratt, Jay ^a   Bekkering, Harold ^b   Abrams, Richard A ^c   Adam, Jos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Perceptual motor coordination; Visual fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033162393     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(99)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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