Microsaccade and drift dynamics reflect mental fatigue

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2389-2398

  Di Stasi, Leandro L ^a,b   Mccamy, Michael B ^a   Catena, Andrés ^b   Macknik, Stephen L ^a   Cañas, José J ^b   Martinez Conde, Susana ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air traffic control; Fixation; Fixational eye movements; Free viewing; Main sequence; Neuroergonomics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROSACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84881316526     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12248     Document Type: Article

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