Modulation of stimulus contrast on the human pupil orienting response

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2822-2832

  Wang, Chin An ^a   Munoz, Douglas P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Pupil dilation; Saccade; Stimulus salience; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DARKNESS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING REFLEX; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPIL REFLEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE FIXATION; OCULOGRAPHY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFLEX; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARKNESS; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; REFLEX; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908478208     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12641     Document Type: Article

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