The influence of stimulus direction and eccentricity on pro- and anti-saccades in humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 563-570

  Dafoe, Joan M ^a   Armstrong, Irene T ^a   Munoz, Doug P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisaccades; Direction; Eccentricity; Eye movement; Prosaccades; Saccade

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34249011259     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0817-8     Document Type: Article

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