Oculomotor capture by transient events: A comparison of abrupt onsets, offsets, motion, and flicker

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Ludwig, Casimir J H ^a,c   Ranson, Adam ^b   Gilchrist, Iain D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active vision; Attention; Detection discrimination; Eye movements; Search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TIME; VISION;

ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 54949150650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.14.11     Document Type: Article

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