The effect of stimulus probability on pupillary response as an indicator of cognitive processing in human learning and categorization

Biological Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 199-215

  Reinhard, Günter ^a   Lachnit, Harald ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Category learning; Compound coding; Humans; Pupillary response; Stimulus probability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CODING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; STANDARDIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX, PUPILLARY;

EID: 0036754855     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(02)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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