Manual and Ocular Observing Behavior in Human Subjects

European Journal of Behavior Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-40

  Tomanari, Gerson Y ^a,b   Balsamo, Lyn M ^a,b   Fowler, Thomas R ^a,b   Lombard, Kristin M ^a,b   Farren, Kevin M ^a,b   Dube, William V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

adult humans; eye movements; key press; observing behavior; pointing; variable interval schedule

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651435345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2377729X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15021149.2007.11434271     Document Type: Article

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