Rapid simultaneous enhancement of visual sensitivity and perceived contrast during saccade preparation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 40, 2012, Pages 13744-13752

  Rolfs, Martin ^a,b   Carrasco, Marisa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867006354     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2676-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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