Effects of uncertainty and target displacement on the latency of express saccades in man

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2505-2512

  Dickov, L A ^a   Morrison, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Express saccades; Gap paradigm; Overlap paradigm; Saccades; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; UNCERTAINTY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 33646059152     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2005.12.023     Document Type: Article

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