Large pupils predict goal-driven eye movements

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 513-521

  Mathôt, Sebastiaan ^a   Siebold, Alisha ^b,c   Donk, Mieke ^b   Vitu, Françoise ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Goal driven behavior; Mental effort; Pupil size; Saliency

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL;

ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; GOALS; HUMANS; PUPIL;

EID: 84930823316     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0039168     Document Type: Article

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