Language can mediate eye movement control within 100milliseconds, regardless...

 

 

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Language can mediate eye movement control within 100milliseconds, regardless of whether there is anything to move the eyes to

via ScienceDirect Publication: Acta Psychologica on 10/21/10

Publication year: 2010
Source: Acta Psychologica, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 20 October 2010
Gerry T.M., Altmann
The delay between the signal to move the eyes, and the execution of the corresponding eye movement, is variable, and skewed; with an early peak followed by a considerable tail. This skewed distribution renders the answer to the question "What is the delay between language input and saccade execution?" problematic; for a given task, there is no single number, only a distribution of numbers. Here, two previously published studies are reanalysed, whose designs enable us to answer, instead, the question: How long does it take, as the language unfolds, for the oculomotor system to demonstrate sensitivity to the distinction between...

 

 

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