Adjustment of the vestibulo-ocular reflex gain as a function of perceived target distance in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-119

  Clément, Gilles ^a   Maciel, Fernanda ^a  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

Distance perception; Human; Vergence; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ADULT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR;

EID: 3242801338     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.05.022     Document Type: Article

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