Pupil dilation patterns reflect the contents of consciousness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-135

  Kang, Olivia ^a   Wheatley, Thalia ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Consciousness; Deconvolution; Dichotic listening; Dynamic time warping; Locus coeruleus; Norepinephrine; Pupil diameter; Pupillometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION PUPILLOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTROSPECTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUPIL DILATION; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOMETRY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; DICHOTIC LISTENING; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL;

ATTENTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PUPIL;

EID: 84930208517     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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