Spatial constancy of attention across eye movements is mediated by the presence of visual objects

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1159-1169

  Lisi, Matteo ^a   Cavanagh, Patrick ^a   Zorzi, Marco ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Eye movements; Object based attention; Remapping; Saccades

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939986364     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-015-0861-1     Document Type: Article

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