Mental extrapolation of motion modulates responsiveness to visual stimuli

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2593-2601

  de'Sperati, Claudio ^a   Deubel, Heiner ^b  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mental rotation; Motion extrapolation; Saccades; Visual imagery; Visuospatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 33646071197     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2005.12.019     Document Type: Article

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