Distractor effect and saccade amplitudes: Further evidence on different modes of processing in free exploration of visual images

Visual Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 1109-1131

  Pannasch, Sebastian ^a   Velichkovsky, Boris M ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambient processing; Distractor effect; Fixation duration; Focal processing; Intermodal processing; Saccade mplitude; Scene perception; Two visual systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRACTIBILITY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 70549095126     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280902764422     Document Type: Article

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