Saccades curve away from previously inhibited locations: Evidence for the role of priming in oculomotor competition

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2370-2377

  Belopolsky, Artem V ^a   Van der Stigchel, Stefan ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distractor inhibition; Intertrial priming; Saccade curvature; Selection history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRACTIBILITY; DISTRACTOR INHIBITION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADE CURVATURE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

DISTRACTOR INHIBITION; INTERTRIAL PRIMING; SACCADE CURVATURE; SELECTION HISTORY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPETITION PRIMING; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887571872     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00293.2013     Document Type: Article

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