Control of oculomotor reflexes: Independent effects of strategic and automatic preparation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 761-768

  Van Koningsbruggen, Martijn Gerbrand ^a   Rafal, Robert D ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti saccades; Eye movements; Fixation offset effect; Fixation reflex; Preparatory activity; Superior colliculus; Visual grasp reflex; Voluntary control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA REFLEX; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; NEUROMODULATION; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58649091304     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1655-7     Document Type: Article

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