How do target predictability and precueing affect the production of express saccades in monkeys?

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1963-1968

  Schiller, Peter H ^a,d   Haushofer, Johannes ^b   Kendall, Geoffery ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Rhesus macaque; Saccades; Target selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; CUES; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 1842684064     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03299.x     Document Type: Article

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