Aging and Shifts of Visual Attention in Saccadic Eye Movements

Authors: Kaneko R.1; Kuba Y.1; Sakata Y.2; Kuchinomachi Y.1

Source: Experimental Aging Research, Volume 30, Number 2, January-March 2004 , pp. 149-162(14)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Key:
Free Content - Free Content
New Content - New Content
Subscribed Content - Subscribed Content
Free Trial Content - Free Trial Content

Abstract:

The authors examined age-related differences in target discrimination before the saccade to investigate the influence of aging on the facilitation of target discrimination by shifts of attention. Older and younger adults made saccades toward a peripheral stimulus after its onset and discriminated the orientation of the stimulus. Mean saccadic latency was greater for older adults than for younger adults. Facilitation of target discrimination immediately before the saccades was found both in older and younger adults. These results suggest that aging affects the properties of saccades but does not affect the properties of attentional shifts immediately before a saccade.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/03610730490274176

Affiliations: 1: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki, Japan 2: Shizuoka University of Welfare, Shizuoka, Japan

The full text electronic article is available for purchase. You will be able to download the full text electronic article after payment.

$45.09 plus tax      Refund Policy

 

OR

Back to top

Key:
Free Content - Free Content
New Content - New Content
Subscribed Content - Subscribed Content
Free Trial Content - Free Trial Content
Share this item with others: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
Page Help Click here for Page Help
Shopping cart
Tools
Sign in






Need to register?
Sign up here
Text size: A | A | A | A