Emotion and action: The effect of fear on saccadic performance

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-158

  West, Greg L ^a   Al Aidroos, Naseem ^a   Susskind, Josh ^a   Pratt, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action; Emotion; Saccades; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EYE FIXATION; FEAR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PULVINAR; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952452296     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2508-8     Document Type: Article

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