The intriguing interactive relationship between visual attention and saccadic eye movements

The Oxford Handbook of Eye Movements

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kristjánsson, Árni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Covert attention; Interactive relationship; Saccadic eye movements; Shift gaze

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923852125     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199539789.013.0025     Document Type: Chapter

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