Contextual effects on motion perception and smooth pursuit eye movements

Brain Research

Volumn 1225, Issue , 2008, Pages 76-85

  Spering, Miriam ^a   Gegenfurtner, Karl R ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motion perception; MT; Smooth pursuit eye movements; Vector averaging; Visual context

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 48349143495     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.04.061     Document Type: Review

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