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| Title |
The Eye Pupil Adjusts to Imaginary Light
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Psychological Science, November 2013
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| DOI | 10.1177/0956797613503556 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Bruno Laeng, Unni Sulutvedt |
| Abstract |
If a mental image is a rerepresentation of a perception, then properties such as luminance or brightness should also be conjured up in the image. We monitored pupil diameters with an infrared eye tracker while participants first saw and then generated mental images of shapes that varied in luminance or complexity, while looking at an empty gray background. Participants also imagined familiar scenarios (e.g., a "sunny sky" or a "dark room") while looking at the same neutral screen. In all experiments, participants' eye pupils dilated or constricted, respectively, in response to dark and bright imagined objects and scenarios. Shape complexity increased mental effort and pupillary sizes independently of shapes' luminance. Because the participants were unable to voluntarily constrict their eyes' pupils, the observed pupillary adjustments to imaginary light present a strong case for accounts of mental imagery as a process based on brain states similar to those that arise during perception. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 129 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 19 | 15% |
| United States | 15 | 12% |
| Australia | 6 | 5% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 4% |
| Canada | 4 | 3% |
| Japan | 4 | 3% |
| Turkey | 3 | 2% |
| Italy | 2 | 2% |
| Spain | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 15 | 12% |
| Unknown | 54 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 90 | 70% |
| Scientists | 24 | 19% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 9 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 5 | 4% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 334 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1% |
| Italy | 3 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 2 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Hungary | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | 1% |
| Unknown | 312 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 61 | 18% |
| Researcher | 59 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 44 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 31 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 19 | 6% |
| Other | 64 | 19% |
| Unknown | 56 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 144 | 43% |
| Neuroscience | 33 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 12 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 46 | 14% |
| Unknown | 77 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 214. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 May 2022.
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#185,399
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Outputs from Psychological Science
#431
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#1,554
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Outputs of similar age from Psychological Science
#13
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