Pupil dilation reflects perceptual selection and predicts subsequent stability in perceptual rivalry

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1704-1709

  Einhäuser, Wolfgang ^a,b   Stout, James ^a   Koch, Christof ^a   Carter, Olivia ^c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Decision making; Norepinephrine; Vision

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEASUREMENT; MYDRIASIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; BINOCULAR VISION; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PUPIL; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 40349108457     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0707727105     Document Type: Article

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