Congruency effects in the remote distractor paradigm: Evidence for top-down modulation

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Born, Sabine ^a   Kerzel, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distractor; Eye movements; Latency; Top down

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RETINA FOVEA; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549137865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.9.3     Document Type: Article

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