Differential influence of attention on gaze and head movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 198-206

  Khan, Aarlenne Z ^a   Blohm, Gunnar ^b,c   McPeek, Robert M ^a   Lefèvre, Philippe ^b,d  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Bâtiment Euler   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849119638     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90815.2008     Document Type: Article

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