Task-switching in oculomotor control: Unidirectional switch-cost when alternating between pro- and antisaccades

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 530, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-154

  Weiler, Jeffrey ^a   Heath, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisaccade; Inhibition; Oculomotor; Prosaccade; Reaction time; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; REFLEX; SACCADES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868456785     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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