The role of fixation point and subjects' readiness in the occurrence of express saccades as revealed by the self-initiation paradigm

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-244

  Suzuki, Takami ^a   Hirai, Naoki ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Express saccade; Fixation; Human; Motor preparation; Reaction time; Saccade

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SELF STIMULATION;

EID: 0033964134     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(99)00127-3     Document Type: Article

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