Microsaccadic efficacy and contribution to foveal and peripheral vision

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 9194-9204

  McCamy, Michael B ^a,b   Otero Millan, Jorge ^a,c   Macknik, Stephen L ^a   Yang, Yan ^b   Troncoso, Xoana G ^a,d   Baer, Steven M ^b   Crook, Sharon M ^b   Martinez Conde, Susana ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RETINA FOVEA; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISION; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; RETINA; SACCADES; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84863450570     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0515-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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