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Eye movements are an important part of the story, but not the whole story

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2017

Kyle R. Cave
Kyle R. Cave*
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Amherst, MA 01003. kcave@psych.umass.edu http://people.umass.edu/kcave/
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Abstract

Some previous accounts of visual search have emphasized covert attention at the expense of eye movements, and others have focused on eye movements while ignoring covert attention. Both selection mechanisms are likely to contribute to many searches, and a full account of search will probably need to explain how the two interact to find visual targets.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e134
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