Pupillary responses on the visual backward masking task reflect general cognitive ability

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-36

  Verney, Steven P ^a,d   Granholm, Eric ^a,b   Marshall, Sandra P ^c  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive processing; Pupillary responses; Scholastic aptitude test

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; APTITUDE TEST; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COLLEGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PUPIL REFLEX; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MASKING;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CALIBRATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1542267420     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2003.12.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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