Developmental changes in the control of saccadic eye movements in response to directional eye gaze and arrows

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1919-1929

  Kuhn, Gustav ^a   Tewson, Lauren ^b   Morpurgo, Lea ^b   Freebody, Susannah F ^a   Musil, Anna S ^a   Leekam, Susan R ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Gaze cueing; Inhibition; Oculomotor control; Social attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855761027     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.592592     Document Type: Article

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