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Characteristics of smooth pursuit in children and adults in apparent motion tests

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The efficiency of smooth pursuit was estimated in healthy young subjects (college and school students) by a contactless method based on stroboscopic stimulation causing an illusion of smooth motion of an object. Stable individual differences in the smooth pursuit efficiency were found in both children and adults. Eleven-to 12-year-old children exhibited, on average, a less smooth pursuit of stimuli moving horizontally at velocities of 6–17 deg/s than young adults did.

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    V. P. Bozhkova, N. S. Surovicheva, D. P. Nikolaev & D. G. Lebedev

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Original Russian Text © V.P. Bozhkova, N.S. Surovicheva, D.P. Nikolaev, D.G. Lebedev, 2008, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2008, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 19–27.

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Bozhkova, V.P., Surovicheva, N.S., Nikolaev, D.P. et al. Characteristics of smooth pursuit in children and adults in apparent motion tests. Hum Physiol 34, 405–412 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119708040038

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