The effects of distractors and spatial precues on covert visual search in macaque

Vision Research

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-49

  Lee, Byeong Taek ^a   McPeek, Robert M ^b  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cueing; Rhesus monkey; Set size effects; Transient

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CUES; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84868529437     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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