Spatial and temporal attention revealed by microsaccades

Vision Research

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-57

  Pastukhov, Alexander ^a   Vonau, Victoria ^a   Stonkute, Solveiga ^a   Braun, Jochen ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Eye movements; Microsaccades; Superior colliculus; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; ATTENTIONAL SHIFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROSACCADE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID SERIAL VISUAL PRESENTATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPATIAL ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL ATTENTION; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84885116060     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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