Eye movement trajectories and what they tell us

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 666-679

  Van der Stigchel, Stefan ^a   Meeter, Martijn ^a   Theeuwes, Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Eye movements; Saccades; Superior Colliculus; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646199399     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2005.12.001     Document Type: Review

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