The spatial and temporal properties of attentional selectivity for saccades and reaches.

ABSTRACT: The preparation and execution of saccades and goal-directed movements elicits an accompanying shift in attention at the locus of the impending movement. However, some key aspects of the spatiotemporal profile of this attentional shift between eye and hand movements are not resolved. While there is evidence that attention is improved at the target location when making a reach, it is not clear how attention shifts over space and time around the movement target as a saccade and a reach are made to that target. Determining this spread of attention is an important aspect in understanding how attentional resources are used in relation to movement planning and guidance in real world tasks. We compared performance on a perceptual discrimination paradigm during a saccade-alone task, reach-alone tas

SUBMITTER: Stewart EEM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6707227 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature