Attention to bright surfaces enhances the pupillary light reflex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2199-2204

  Binda, Paola ^a,b   Pereverzeva, Maria ^a   Murray, Scott O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE POSITION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA IMAGE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84873022940     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3440-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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