Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Examining memory specificity and generalization contributions to false recall in DRM paradigm.

Research square·2026
Same author

Emotional words evoke region- and valence-specific patterns of concurrent neuromodulator release in human thalamus and cortex.

Cell reports·2026
Same author

Existing and preferred organizational culture in Algerian power plants: a second look.

Frontiers in sociology·2026
Same author

Dopamine dynamics in human anterior cingulate cortex during Pavlovian-instrumental conflict.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology·2026
Same author

A combined experimental/individual differences examination of the influence of motivation on cognitive ability assessments.

Memory & cognition·2026
Same author

Investigating the role of attentional effort in the efficacy of goal-setting in reducing attention lapses.

Attention, perception & psychophysics·2025

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jun 3, 2026

Investigating the Deployment of Visual Attention Before Accurate and Averaging Saccades via Eye Tracking and Assessment of Visual Sensitivity
06:46

Investigating the Deployment of Visual Attention Before Accurate and Averaging Saccades via Eye Tracking and Assessment of Visual Sensitivity

Published on: March 18, 2019

Attention control and the antisaccade task: a response time distribution analysis.

Nash Unsworth1, Gregory J Spillers, Gene A Brewer

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Eugene, OR 97403, United States. nashu@uoregon.edu

Acta Psychologica
|April 8, 2011
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Antisaccades are slower than prosaccades due to distribution shifts and tail lengthening. Practice improves antisaccade performance by altering distribution mean and tail, supporting a two-factor attention control theory.

More Related Videos

A Dual Task Procedure Combined with Rapid Serial Visual Presentation to Test Attentional Blink for Nontargets
08:45

A Dual Task Procedure Combined with Rapid Serial Visual Presentation to Test Attentional Blink for Nontargets

Published on: December 5, 2014

Measuring Attention and Visual Processing Speed by Model-based Analysis of Temporal-order Judgments
13:00

Measuring Attention and Visual Processing Speed by Model-based Analysis of Temporal-order Judgments

Published on: January 23, 2017

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jun 3, 2026

Investigating the Deployment of Visual Attention Before Accurate and Averaging Saccades via Eye Tracking and Assessment of Visual Sensitivity
06:46

Investigating the Deployment of Visual Attention Before Accurate and Averaging Saccades via Eye Tracking and Assessment of Visual Sensitivity

Published on: March 18, 2019

A Dual Task Procedure Combined with Rapid Serial Visual Presentation to Test Attentional Blink for Nontargets
08:45

A Dual Task Procedure Combined with Rapid Serial Visual Presentation to Test Attentional Blink for Nontargets

Published on: December 5, 2014

Measuring Attention and Visual Processing Speed by Model-based Analysis of Temporal-order Judgments
13:00

Measuring Attention and Visual Processing Speed by Model-based Analysis of Temporal-order Judgments

Published on: January 23, 2017

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental Psychology

Background:

  • Understanding the cognitive control mechanisms underlying voluntary eye movements is crucial.
  • Prosaccades and antisaccades represent distinct oculomotor control processes.
  • Response time (RT) distribution analysis offers deeper insights into cognitive processes than simple mean RT.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the distributional characteristics of response time differences between prosaccades and antisaccades.
  • To examine the impact of foreperiod duration and practice on antisaccade performance.
  • To interpret findings within a theoretical framework of attention control.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized ex-Gaussian function fitting to analyze individual response time distributions.
  • Conducted three experiments manipulating trial type (prosaccade vs. antisaccade), foreperiod duration, and practice.
  • Compared distributional parameters (mean, tail) between conditions.

Main Results:

  • Antisaccades exhibited slower response times than prosaccades, characterized by distributional shifts and tail lengthening.
  • Foreperiod duration manipulation affected antisaccade accuracy and RT (tail lengthening), but not prosaccades.
  • Sufficient practice equated antisaccade and prosaccade performance, with parallel changes in RT distribution mean and tail.

Conclusions:

  • Antisaccade performance is influenced by both competition resolution and goal-maintenance, as suggested by a two-factor attention control theory.
  • Response time distribution analysis reveals distinct mechanisms underlying prosaccade and antisaccade control.
  • Practice modulates antisaccade performance through changes affecting both the central tendency and variability of response times.