Blink effects on ongoing smooth pursuit eye movements in humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-26

  Rambold, Holger ^a   El Baz, Ieman ^a   Helmchen, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blinks; Smooth pursuit; Target blanking; Visual suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13744263691     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2040-9     Document Type: Article

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