The spatial scale of attention strongly modulates saccade latencies

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1743-1757

  Harwood, Mark R ^a   Madelain, Laurent ^b   Krauzlis, Richard J ^c   Wallman, Josh ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 42249109856     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00589.2007     Document Type: Article

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