Language can mediate eye movement control within 100milliseconds, regardless of whether there is anything to move the eyes to

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-200

  Altmann, Gerry T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double step paradigm; Language mediated eye movements; Oculomotor control; Saccades; Visual world paradigm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79957929705     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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