Target selection by the frontal cortex during coordinated saccadic and smooth pursuit eye movements

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1611-1627

  Srihasam, Krishna ^a   Bullock, Daniel ^a   Grossberg, Stephen ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; EYE TRACKING; FRONTAL CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIMULATION; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 67650451107     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21139     Document Type: Review

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