Stimulus- and goal-driven control of eye movements: Action videogame players are faster but not better

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2398-2412

  Heimler, Benedetta ^a   Pavani, Francesco ^a   Donk, Mieke ^b   van Zoest, Wieske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action videogame players; Attention modeling; Automaticity; Cognitive control; Eye movements; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECREATION; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VIDEO GAMES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930511604     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-014-0736-x     Document Type: Article

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