The effects of attentional load on saccadic task switching

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-309

  Chan, Jason L ^a   Desouza, Joseph F X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti saccade; Dual task; Prefrontal cortex; Switch cost; Task set; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84878811161     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3452-1     Document Type: Article

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