Resource allocation and fluid intelligence: Insights from pupillometry

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 158-169

  Van Der Meer, Elke ^a   Beyer, Reinhard ^a   Horn, Judith ^a   Foth, Manja ^a   Bornemann, Boris ^a   Ries, Jan ^a   Kramer, Juerg ^a   Warmuth, Elke ^a   Heekeren, Hauke R ^b,c   Wartenburger, Isabell ^b,d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluid intelligence; Geometric analogies; Pupillary response; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LIQUID; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPILLOMETRY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72549115212     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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