Crossmodal coupling of oculomotor control and spatial attention in vision and audition

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 427-439

  Rolfs, Martin ^a   Engbert, Ralf ^a   Kliegl, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Covert orienting; Fixational eye movements; Microsaccades; Multisensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; HEARING; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 27144472415     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-2382-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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