Alerting, orienting or executive attention networks: Differential patters of pupil dilations

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Geva, Ronny ^a   Zivan, Michal ^a   Warsha, Aviv ^a   Olchik, Dov ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arousal; Attention; Autonomic response; Locus coeruleus; Norepinephrine; Pupil dilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84886301129     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00145     Document Type: Article

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