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The Intensity of Internal and External Attention Assessed with Pupillometry

Journal of Cognition
Volume 7 (2024): Issue 1
By: Damian Koevoet,  Marnix Naber,  Christoph Strauch and  Stefan Van der Stigchel  
Open Access
|Jan 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.336 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 11, 2023
Accepted on: Nov 30, 2023
Published on: Jan 9, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Visual working memory,
Pupillometry,
Internal attention,
External attention,
Intensity

© 2024 Damian Koevoet, Marnix Naber, Christoph Strauch, Stefan Van der Stigchel, published by Ubiquity Press
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