Properties of saccades generated as a choice response

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 278-286

  Lee, Kyoung Min ^a,b   Keller, Edward L ^a   Heinen, Stephen J ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Choice decision; Hick's law; Number of alternatives; Response time; Saccade

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 17744394263     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2186-5     Document Type: Article

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