Tracking without perceiving: A dissociation between eye movements and motion perception

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 216-225

  Spering, Miriam ^a   Pomplun, Marc ^b   Carrasco, Marisa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Biologically Inspired Neural and Dynamical Systems Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

eye movements; motion perception; motor processes; visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79952046155     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610394659     Document Type: Article

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