Looking away from faces: Influence of high-level visual processes on saccade rogramming

Journal of Vision

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

  Morand, Stéphanie M ^a   Grosbras, Marie Hélène ^a   Caldara, Roberto ^a   Harvey, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti saccade task; Automatic processing; Eye movements; Face perception; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956405045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.3.16     Document Type: Article

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