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Science 19 July 1968:
Vol. 161. no. 3838, pp. 292 - 293
DOI: 10.1126/science.161.3838.292
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Operant Control of Eye Movements during Human Vigilance

Stephen R. Schroeder 1 and James G. Holland 1

1 Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

Eye movements were used as a criterion of observing responses in a vigilance task. Time on watch and signal rates similarly affected both eye-movement rates and percentage of detections. Observing rate may account for detection data, and may be a more stable measure of vigilance than detection rate is, especially when very few signals occur.

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