Two visual targets for the price of one? Pupil dilation shows reduced mental effort through temporal integration

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 251-257

  Wolff, Michael J ^a   Scholz, Sabine ^a   Akyürek, Elkan G ^a   van Rijn, Hedderik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Mental effort; Pupil dilation; Rapid serial visual presentation; Temporal integration; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCULOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUPIL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUPIL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939897356     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-014-0667-5     Document Type: Article

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