Mechanisms of simple and choice reaction to changes in direction of visual motion

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 3049-3058

  Genova, B ^a   Mateeff, S ^a   Bonnet, C ^b   Hohnsbein, J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choice reaction time; Direction changes; Simple reaction time; Visual motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0033850910     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00158-9     Document Type: Article

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