Modulation of saccadic inhibition by distractor size and location

Vision Research

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-41

  Buonocore, Antimo ^a,b   McIntosh, Robert D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Oculomotor models; Saccadic inhibition; Visual distractors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISTRACTIBILITY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865309867     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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