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Ocular disengagement inhibited by target onset in periphery?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1999

Wa James Tam
Wa James Tam
Affiliation:
Communications Research Centre, P.O. Box 11490, Ottawa, Ontario Canada K2H 852 [email protected]
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Abstract

The postulate that events in peripheral vision enhance activity in the “fixate center” is called into question. An alternative explanation is used to account for the “remote distractor effect.” It is pointed out that a critical element of the model is missing.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , August 1999 , pp. 698
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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