Head and eye movements and the role of memory limitations in a visual search paradigm

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Hardiess, Gregor ^a   Gillner, Sabine ^a   Mallot, Hanspeter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative visual search; Eye movements; Gaze; Head movements; VSTM; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MEMORY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EYE MOVEMENTS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 38549166322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.1.7     Document Type: Article

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