Is the relationship of prosaccade reaction times and antisaccade errors mediated by working memory?

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 385-397

  Crawford, Trevor J ^a   Parker, Elisabeth ^a   Solis Trapala, Ivonne ^b   Mayes, Jenny ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisaccade; Attention; Eye movements; Individual differences; Inhibitory control; Latency; Prosaccade; Reaction time; Saccade; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANTISACCADE; ARTICLE; ERROR; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSACCADE; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; WORKING MEMORY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RESEARCH DESIGN; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78951492454     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2488-8     Document Type: Article

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