Estimation of mental effort in learning visual search by measuring pupil response

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Takeuchi, Tatsuto ^a   Puntous, Théodore ^b   Tuladhar, Anup ^c   Yoshimoto, Sanae ^a,d   Shirama, Aya ^d,e  

^a JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LABORATOIRE DE TRIBOLOGIE ET DYNAMIQUE DES SYSTÈMES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d NTT Corporation   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUPIL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VISION;

HUMANS; LEARNING; PUPIL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960075267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021973     Document Type: Article

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