The Premotor theory of attention: Time to move on?

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1104-1114

  Smith, Daniel T ^a   Schenk, Thomas ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Capture; Cueing; Eye abduction; Inhibition of Return; IOR; Nasal; Oculomotor; Ophthalmoplegia; Peripheral; Premotor; Reflexive; Symbolic; Temporal; Voluntary

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EYE MOVEMENT; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PREDICTION; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPATIAL ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; EYE MOVEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84862777969     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.01.025     Document Type: Review

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