Inhibition of return, gap effect and saccadic reaction time to a visual target

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 533-538

  Guimaraes Silva S ^a   Gawryszewski, L G ^a   Portugal, T S ^a   Klausner de Oliveira, L ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Covert orienting; Gap effect; Inhibition of return; Saccadic reaction time; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RETINA FOVEA; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 2442630417     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2004000400010     Document Type: Article

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