The main sequence of saccades optimizes speed-accuracy trade-off

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-29

  Harris, Christopher M ^a   Wolpert, Daniel M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISION;

FOVEAL VISION; MOTOR SYSTEM; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENTS;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745726244     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-006-0064-x     Document Type: Article

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