Similar effects of feature-based attention on motion perception and pursuit eye movements at different levels of awareness

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 7594-7601

  Spering, Miriam ^a,b   Carrasco, Marisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861645543     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0355-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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