ASTEF: A simple tool for examining fixations

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 373-382

  Camilli, Marco ^a   Nacchia, Roberto ^a   Terenzi, Michela ^a   Di Nocera, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; RECEPTIVE FIELD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD;

ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 48149099775     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.40.2.373     Document Type: Article

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