Fixational eye movements during viewing of dynamic natural scenes

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Roberts, James A ^a   Wallis, Guy ^b   Breakspear, Michael ^a,c,d  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Drift; Fixational eye movement; Natural vision; Random walk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910008954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00797     Document Type: Article

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