Precision of sustained fixation in trained and untrained observers

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Cherici, Claudia ^a   Kuang, Xutao ^a   Poletti, Martina ^a   Rucci, Michele ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixation accuracy; Fixational eye movements; Microsaccade; Ocular drift; Saccade

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879698318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.6.31     Document Type: Article

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