Pupil dilation during visual target detection

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Privitera, Claudio M ^a   Renninger, Laura W ^a,b   Carney, Thom ^a   Klein, Stanley ^a   Aguilar, Mario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Teledyne Scientific and Imaging LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Detection discrimination; Search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955152311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.10.3     Document Type: Article

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