Pupillary dilation as an index of task demands

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 664-678

  Cabestrero, Raúl ^a   Crespo, Antonio ^a   Quirós, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PUPIL REFLEX; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; SERIAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949606063     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.109.3.664-678     Document Type: Article

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