Saccadic Facilitation in Natural Backgrounds

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-128

  White, Brian J ^a,b   Stritzke, Martin ^a   Gegenfurtner, Karl R ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SACCADES;

EID: 38349081151     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.12.027     Document Type: Article

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