Are there any left-right asymmetries in saccade parameters? Examination of latency, gain, and peak velocity

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3340-3348

  Vergilino Perez, Dorine ^a,b   Fayel, Alexandra ^a   Lemoine, Christelle ^a   Senot, Patrice ^a   Vergne, Judith ^a   Doré Mazars, Karine ^a,b  

^a Sorbonne Paris Cité   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; EYE DOMINANCE; EYE POSITION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SACCADE GAIN; SACCADE PEAK VELOCITY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861983904     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-9273     Document Type: Article

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