The effect of blinks and saccadic eye movements on visual reaction times

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 783-788

  Johns, Murray ^a,b   Crowley, Kate ^b   Chapman, Robert ^b   Tucker, Andrew ^b   Hocking, Christopher ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Optalert Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REVERSAL LEARNING; SACCADES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650175389     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.71.4.783     Document Type: Article

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