(e.g., Deubel & Schneider, 1996;
Hoffman & Subramaniam, 1995). For example, Deubel and Schneider (1996) showed
that spatial attention is shifted to the saccadic destination before the saccade
onset.onset of the saccade. In their study, participants[DrL1] were asked to make a saccade to a cued location and
to discriminate a target letter, which was briefly presented at one of three
possible locations before the onset of the eye movement. Discrimination
performance wasthe best when the letter was presented
at the location of the saccadic target.
In this
study, weOur study examined age-related difference
in attention shift occurred before saccade. The effect may be affected by
age-related change of saccade and attention shift. First, it has been reported
that aging affects ondifferences in the attention shift before the
saccade, looking at both age-related changes in the saccade and in the
attentional shift. [DrL2]Aging affects several aspects of
saccadic eye movements (e.g., Abel, Troost &
Dell’Osso, 1983; Carter, Obler, Woodward & Albert, 1983; Sharpe &
Zackon, 1987; Spooner, Sakala & Baloh, 1980; Warabi, Kase & Kato, 1984).
Saccadic latency increases in older adults. Abel et al. (1983) reported that
saccadic latencies were 45 ms longer for older adults than for younger adults.
Comments
Since
your study is about aging, I would recommend stating how old their participants
were, i.e. young adult or whatever.
Although
I have edited this sentence, I recommend deleting this sentence – wait
until after you have presented more information in the literature review before
introducing your study. This paragraph will be much stronger if it starts with
the next sentence, ” Aging…
Again, you are explaining your
research proposal too soon, I think, before you have finished your
[DrL1]Since your study is about
aging, I would recommend stating how old their participants were, i.e. young
adult or whatever.
[DrL2]Although I have edited this
sentence, I recommend deleting this sentence – wait until after you have
presented more information in the literature review before introducing your
study. This paragraph will be much stronger if it starts with the next
sentence, ” Aging…