Vying for dominance: Dynamic interactions control visual fixation and saccadic initiation in the superior colliculus

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 140, Issue , 2002, Pages 3-19

  Munoz, Douglas P ^a   Fecteau, Jillian H ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE FIXATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036456423     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)40039-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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