A metanalysis of the effect of the Müller-Lyer illusion on saccadic eye movements: No general support for a dissociation of perception and oculomotor action

Vision Research

Volumn 50, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2671-2682

  Bruno, Nicola ^a   Knox, Paul C ^b   de Grave, Denise D J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action; Meta analysis; M ller Lyer illusion; Perception; Saccades

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE HAND COORDINATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; HUMAN; MULLER LYER ILLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

HUMANS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78650223541     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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