title: The influence of spatial frequency and contrast on saccade latencies.
abstract: We characterised the impact of spatial frequency and contrast on saccade latencies to single Gabor patches. Saccade latencies decreased as a function of contrast, and increased with spatial frequency. The observed latency variations are qualitatively similar to those observed for manual reaction times. For single target detection, our findings highlight the similarity in the visual processes that support both saccadic and manual responses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TN, UK. c.ludwig@bristol.ac.uk
authors.forename: Casimir J H
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: Iain D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Gilchrist
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McSorley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology