Pupil dilation dynamics track attention to high-level information

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Kang, Olivia E ^a   Huffer, Katherine E ^a   Wheatley, Thalia P ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCUS CERULEUS; LUMINANCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PUPIL; PUPIL DILATION; REACTION TIME; SENSORY STIMULATION; VISION; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL REFLEX; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929390499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102463     Document Type: Article

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