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Directional processing within the perceptual span during visual target localization.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20399222     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In order to understand how processing occurs within the effective field of vision (i.e. perceptual span) during visual target localization, a gaze-contingent moving mask procedure was used to disrupt parafoveal information pickup along the vertical and the horizontal visual fields. When the mask was present within the horizontal visual field, there was a relative increase in saccade probability along the nearby vertical field, but not along the opposite horizontal field. When the mask was present either above or below fixation, saccades downwards were reduced in magnitude. This pattern of data suggests that parafoveal information selection (indexed by probability of saccade direction) and the extent of spatial parafoveal processing in a given direction (indexed by saccade amplitude) may be controlled by somewhat different mechanisms.
Authors:
Harold H Greene; Alexander Pollatsek; Kathleen Masserang; Yen Ju Lee; Keith Rayner
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2010-04-22
Journal Detail:
Title:  Vision research     Volume:  50     ISSN:  1878-5646     ISO Abbreviation:  Vision Res.     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-31     Completed Date:  2011-06-03     Revised Date:  2011-08-01    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0417402     Medline TA:  Vision Res     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1274-82     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, USA. greenehh@udmercy.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cues
Female
Fixation, Ocular / physiology*
Humans
Male
Motion Perception
Perceptual Masking
Reaction Time
Saccades
Visual Fields
Visual Perception / physiology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HD26765/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD026765-21/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD026765-22/HD/NICHD NIH HHS
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