Having to identify a target reduces antisaccade latencies in mixed saccadic paradigms: A top-down effect released by tonic prefrontal activation?

Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-111

  Malsert, Jennifer ^a   Guyader, Nathalie ^b   Chauvin, Alan ^a   Marendaz, Christian ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b GIPSA LAB   (France)

Author keywords

Blocked mixed; Identification; Location; Phasic tonic; Saccade

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84864672718     PISSN: 17588928     EISSN: 17588936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2012.666965     Document Type: Article

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