Active eye fixation performance in 940 young men: Effects of IQ, schizotypy, anxiety and depression

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Smyrnis, N ^a,b,c   Kattoulas, E ^c   Evdokimidis, I ^c   Stefanis, N C ^b   Avramopoulos, D ^b   Pantes, G ^c   Theleritis, C ^c   Stefanis, C N ^b  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

General IQ; No target fixation; Ocular fixation; Saccade inhibition; Schizotypy; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EYE FIXATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SACCADES; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2542479951     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1759-z     Document Type: Article

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