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TASK
antisaccade/prosaccade task
Subjects view a fixation point and a visual target is presented. Subjects are instructed to make a saccade away from the target (antisaccade) or to the target (prosaccade).

Synonyms: antisaccade task


Definition contributed by MLewis about a week ago.

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NPicchetti Initial definition retrieved from the BrainMapLex.xls file located in the documentation section of: http://brainmap.org/scribe/index.html
about one year ago


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Definition contributed by RPoldrack about four months ago:

Subjects view a fixation point and a visual target is presented. Subjects are instructed to make a saccade away from the target (antisaccade) or to the target (prosaccade).

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Definition contributed by CWhite about ten months ago:

Subjects view a fixation point and a visual target is presented. Subjects are instructed to make a saccade away from the target (antisaccade) or to the target (prosaccade).

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Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:

Subjects view a target and are instructed to make a saccade away from the target (to the opposite visual field)/Subjects view a target and are instructed to make a saccade to its location.

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Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:

Subjects view a target and are instructed to make a saccade away from the target (to the opposite visual field)/Subjects view a target and are instructed to make a saccade to its location. (from the BrainMapLex.xls file located in the documentation section of: http://brainmap.org/scribe/index.html)

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Definition contributed by SAdministrator about three years ago:

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Is the relationship of prosaccade reaction times and antisaccade errors mediated by working memory?
Crawford TJ, Parker E, Solis-Trapala I, Mayes J
Experimental brain research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Experimentation cerebrale (Exp Brain Res)
2011 Feb
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Effects of aging on switching the response direction of pro- and antisaccades.
Olk B, Jin Y
Experimental brain research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Experimentation cerebrale (Exp Brain Res)
2011 Jan
Open Abstract | Citation Profile




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