The Role of Eye Movements in Subitizing and Counting

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1389-1399

  Watson, Derrick G ^a   Maylor, Elizabeth A ^a   Bruce, Lucy A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

counting; enumeration; eye movements; inhibition of return; subitizing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 38349165654     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.6.1389     Document Type: Article

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