The window of my eyes: Task disengagement and mental fatigue covary with pupil dynamics

Biological Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue , 2015, Pages 100-106

  Hopstaken, Jesper F ^a   van der Linden, Dimitri ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^a   Kompier, Michiel A J ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mental fatigue; Motivation; Pupil dynamics; Resource depletion; Self control; Task engagement

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTIVATION; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPIL DILATION; PUPIL DYNAMICS; RATING SCALE MENTAL EFFORT; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD; TASK DISENGAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASK REWARD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; COGNITION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MOTIVATION; NOREPINEPHRINE; PUPIL; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938702093     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.06.013     Document Type: Article

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