Oculomotor mechanisms activated by imagery and memory: Eye movements to absent objects

Psychological Research

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 235-241

  Spivey, Michael J ^a   Geng, Joy J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECALL; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0035525409     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004260100059     Document Type: Article

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