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S B Hutton1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, Pevensey 1 1c03, Brighton BN1 9RH, UK. S.Hutton@sussex.ac.uk

Brain and Cognition
|November 26, 2008
PubMed
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Saccadic eye movements, a precise behavioral measure, are influenced by cognitive processes like working memory and attention. Understanding these in healthy individuals is key to interpreting deficits in psychiatric disorders.

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