This reduction in pupil size was consistent across both casual and hardcore players, indicating a decrease in physiological arousal. Pupil diameter is controlled by the autonomic nervous system ...

The team found that if they disrupted certain brain wave patterns—called sharp-wave ripples—during the pupil-contracted phase ...

Even when people weren’t sure where on the screen they had seen the word before but recognized the word as familiar, their ...

His gaze softens as he draws closer to you. With one hand around your waist and the other cradling your jaw, he pulls you in.

Cornell University researchers have found that the pupil is key to understanding how, and when, the brain forms strong, ...

For this reason, pupil size is often used in psychology and neuroscience research as a measure of mental effort and attention. For many decades, these three kinds of pupil response were the only ones ...

Scientists have discovered a link between pupil size during non-REM sleep and the processing of new and old memories. Understanding how pupil size relates to memory could have significant ...

Researchers have found the pupil is key to understanding how, and when, the brain forms strong, long-lasting memories. Cornell University researchers have found the pupil is key to understanding ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, namely our breathing. The study, published in The Journal of Physiology ...

The black circle in the center of your eye is your pupil. It changes size thousands of times a day. When you're in dim light, it gets bigger to let more light in. When you're in bright light ...