Are express saccades generated under natural viewing conditions?

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2467-2473

  Schiller, Peter H ^a   Slocum, Warren M ^a   Carvey, Christina ^a   Tolias, Andreas S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Rhesus macaque; Target selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RESEARCH DESIGN; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 8144223320     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03663.x     Document Type: Article

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