N400 amplitude reduction correlates with an increase in pupil size

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUNE, 2011, Pages

  Kuipers, Jan Rouke ^a   Thierry, Guillaume ^a,b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive efficiency; ERP; Event related potentials; LC NE system; Locus coeruleus; N400; Pupil dilation; Semantic processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PUPIL; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 82955167961     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00061     Document Type: Article

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