Researchers have investigated the impact of 10-min very light exercise on pupil size and prefrontal function. Their findings provide the first evidence that changes in pupil size during exercise can ...
A stage of sleep – reflected in the size of our pupils – is important to committing recent memories to the brain, which could be manipulated to improve cognitive function and even identify issues with ...
For more than a century, scientists have understood that three factors control pupil size: light, focus distance, and ...
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 eyes are a window into our autonomic nervous system. Everyone's unique personal history and autobiographical experiences have the power to influence how and when the sympathetic nervous system ...
The colored part of the eye surrounding the pupil is called the iris. It automatically regulates the amount of light entering the eyes by regulating the size of the pupil. Light is the primary ...