Looking back at Waldo: Oculomotor inhibition of return does not prevent return fixations

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Smith, Tim J ^a   Henderson, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye movement; Fixation duration; Inhibition of return; Real world scene; Saccadic momentum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISION;

ATTENTION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79251583738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.1.1     Document Type: Article

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