Effort during visual search and counting: Insights from pupillometry

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-229

  Porter, Gillian ^a   Troscianko, Tom ^a   Gilchrist, Iain D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33947501367     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210600673818     Document Type: Article

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