Eye movements and serial memory for visual-spatial information: Does time spent fixating contribute to recall?

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 264-272

  Saint Aubin, Jean ^a   Tremblay, Sébastien ^b   Jalber, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Short term serial recall; Visual spatial information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; RECALL; VISION;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34748924196     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.54.4.264     Document Type: Article

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