The effects of video game play on the characteristics of saccadic eye movements

Vision Research

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-32

  Mack, David J ^a   Ilg, Uwe J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti saccades; Attention; Latency; Main sequence; Saccade; Video game play

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VIDEO GAME PLAY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECREATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906060661     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2014.07.010     Document Type: Article

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