Eye movements under various conditions of image fading

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Poletti, Martina ^a,b   Rucci, Michele ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Filling in; Microsaccade; Ocular drift; Retinal stabilization; Troxler's fading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISION;

CUES; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954663146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.3.6     Document Type: Article

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