Repelling the Young and Attracting the Old: Examining Age-Related Differences in Saccade Trajectory Deviations

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-168

  Campbell, Karen L ^a,b   Al Aidroos, Naseem ^a   Pratt, Jay ^a   Hasher, Lynn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; curvature; eye movements; inhibition; saccades

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 64849093896     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014106     Document Type: Article

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