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Optimal Performance on the Detection Task Occurs at Moderate Arousal

The performance (hit rate) of the mouse on the tone-in-noise detection task peaks at intermediate pupil diameters, indicating that moderate levels of arousal are best for doing this task. This is as predicted by the Yerkes-Dodson relationship between arousal and performance.