Head movements modulate visual responsiveness in the absence of gaze shifts

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 831-834

  Cicchini, Guido M ^a,b   Valsecchi, Matteo ^a,c   De'Sperati, Claudio ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head movements; Response times; Saccades; Visuospatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 43249117765     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282ff0f86     Document Type: Article

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