Pupil Dilation Reflects the Creation and Retrieval of Memories

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-95

  Goldinger, Stephen D ^a   Papesh, Megan H ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; pupillometry; recognition memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858732575     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412436811     Document Type: Review

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