Oculomotor task switching: Alternating from a nonstandard to a standard response yields the unidirectional prosaccade switch-cost

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2176-2184

  Weiler, Jeffrey ^a   Heath, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oculomotor; Reaction time; Response suppression; Saccade; Task set

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; OCULOMOTOR TASK SWITCHING; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIDIRECTIONAL PROSACCADE SWITCH COST; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; ASSOCIATION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 84908402684     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00352.2014     Document Type: Article

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