Smooth pursuit eye movements to isoluminant targets

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1287-1300

  Braun, D I ^a   Mennie, N ^a   Rasche, C ^a   Schutz A C ^a   Hawken, M J ^b   Gegenfurtner, K R ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL VISION; EYE COLOR; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 56749160719     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00747.2007     Document Type: Article

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