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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > pupil old/new effect

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pupil old/new effect  

Definition

  • In a recognition task, the pupil dilates more in the presence of (studied) old items than in the presence of (unstudied) new items.

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  • • Lapteva, A., & Martarelli, C. (2024). [Preprint]. Pupil old/new effect as an objective measure of memory: A meta-analysis of 17 eye-tracking experiments. OSF. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/bf8rn

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: open]

  • • Otero, S. C., Weekes, B. S., & Hutton, S. B. (2011). Pupil size changes during recognition memory. Psychophysiology, 48(10), 1346-1353. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01217.x

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Võ, M. L.-H., Jacobs, A. M., Kuchinke, L., Hofmann, M., Conrad, M., Schacht, A., & Hutzler, F. (2008). The coupling of emotion and cognition in the eye: introducing the pupil old/new effect. Psychophysiology, 45(1), 130–140. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2007.00606.x

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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