Orienting of attention, pupil size, and the norepinephrine system

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-129

  Gabay, Shai ^a   Pertzov, Yoni ^a   Henik, Avishai ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

IOR; LC NE; Pupil size; Spatial attention

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BLOOD; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LOCUS CERULEUS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUPIL REFLEX; REACTION TIME;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LOCUS COERULEUS; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, PUPILLARY;

EID: 79951958185     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-010-0015-4     Document Type: Article

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