Fixational eye movements predict the perceived direction of ambiguous apparent motion

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Laubrock, Jochen ^a,b   Engbert, Ralf ^a   Kliegl, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambiguous figures; Apparent motion; Attention; Awareness; Bistable perception; Eye movements; Fixation; Flicker; Optokinetic nystagmus; Stroboscopic motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949136534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.14.13     Document Type: Article

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