The pupillary light response reveals the focus of covert visual attention.

The pupillary light response is often assumed to be a reflex that is not susceptible to cognitive influences. In line with recent converging evidence, we show that this reflexive view is incomplete, and that the pupillary light response is modulated by covert visual attention: Covertly attending to...

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Main Authors: Sebastiaan Mathôt, Lotje van der Linden, Jonathan Grainger, Françoise Vitu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3812139?pdf=render