To take risk is to face loss: A tonic pupillometry study

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Yechiam, Eldad ^a   Telpaz, Ariel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arousal; Decision; Experience; Individual differences; Personality; Pupil; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867058528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00344     Document Type: Article

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