Visual processing of targets can reduce saccadic latencies

Vision Research

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1349-1354

  Trottier, Leo ^a   Pratt, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Reaction time; Saccades; Task instruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; GAZE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TIME; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 14644388234     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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