Pupil size variations correlate with physical effort perception

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Zénon, Alexandre ^a   Sidibé, Mariam ^a   Olivier, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Effort; Effort based decision making; Physical exertion; Psychophysiology; Pupil dilation; Pupillometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POWER GRIP; PREDICTION; PUPIL REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 84930910164     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00286     Document Type: Article

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