Visual salience dominates early visuomotor competition in reaching behavior

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Wood, Daniel K ^a   Gallivan, Jason P ^a   Chapman, Craig S ^b   Milne, Jennifer L ^a   Culham, Jody C ^a,b   Goodale, Melvyn A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action; Attention; Luminance; Motor planning; Perception; Reaching; Visual salience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054679428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.10.1     Document Type: Article

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