Microsaccades uncover the orientation of covert attention

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1035-1045

  Engbert, Ralf ^a   Kliegl, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Eye movements; Inhibition; Microsaccade; Spatial cueing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; HUMAN; INTEROCULAR TRANSFER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0037381915     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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