Effects of structured nontarget stimuli on saccadic latency

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3214-3223

  White, Brian J ^a   Gegenfurtner, Karl R ^a   Kerzel, Dirk ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 19344377930     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01104.2004     Document Type: Article

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