Pupil dilation betrays the timing of decisions

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Einhäuser, Wolfgang ^a   Koch, Christof ^b   Carter, Olivia L ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cognition; Decision making; Norepinephrine; Pupil

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PUPIL REFLEX; REWARD; SELF EVALUATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 77956428323     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2010.00018     Document Type: Article

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