Fractal fluctuations in gaze speed visual search

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 666-677

  Stephen, Damian G ^a,b   Anastas, Jason ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Exploration; Fractality; Perception; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ATTENTION; FRACTALS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 79959266595     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-010-0069-3     Document Type: Article

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