An anti-Hick's effect in monkey and human saccade reaction times

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Lawrence, Bonnie M ^a   St John, Alex ^b   Abrams, Richard A ^c   Snyder, Lawrence H ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye movement; Hick's law; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MACACA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 41349087733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.3.26     Document Type: Article

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