Overview

Pupillometry, the study of the eyes’ pupils, has a rich history, dating back to the 1800s.  For example, to appear “dark with desire,” women once used atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade) as a cosmetic, because the atropine dilated their pupils, making them appear more romantically aroused. We now know that this relationship is largely driven by the activity of the sympathetic nervous system; specifically, a small brainstem nucleus known as the locus coeruleus (LC). Because of tight connections between the musculature of the eyes and LC, monitoring the pupils can reveal important insights into brain activity during mental processes. Many of these processes are related to attention and arousal (cognitive or emotional), with the LC controlling mental readiness via secretion of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine. While these complicated neurochemical processes happen in the brain, they are often overtly observable via pupil dilation.    Although pupillometry was popular in the 1960s and 1970s, it fell out of favor until experiencing a renaissance approximately 10 years ago. With the advent of new eye-tracking and neural recording technology, measuring (and analyzing) pupil size is now easier than ever.  Because all modern eye-trackers use pupil size in the calculation of gaze location, they also provide researchers with moment-by-moment pupil size measures in output files. Although previously considered “extra” data to support gaze location analyses, researchers have begun to conduct eye-tracking studies solely to gain access to pupil size data. These data have been used to study thought processes in many domains, including cognitive science, psychopathologies, business/marketing, security contexts, and the study of addiction. The diversity of interest in pupillometry is matched by the diversity in approaches taken to data collection, analysis, and interpretation. To date, there exists no book or tutorial review devoted specifically to ensuring that researchers carry out rigorous and reproducible work across these varied domains. Modern Pupillometry: Cognition, Neuroscience, and Practical Applications fills this gap by exploring the history, neuroscience, and methodological considerations of pupillometry research within and beyond psychology. 

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Author:   Megan H. Papesh ,  Stephen D. Goldinger
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2024
ISBN:  

9783031548956

ISBN 10:   3031548957
Pages:   469
Publication Date:   27 May 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Preface.- Part 1. Neurophysiology.- The locus coeruleus: Where cognitive and emotional processing meet the eye.- Linking the superior colliculus to pupil modulation.- Part 2. Psychological Science.- Pupillometry in Developmental Psychology.- Pupillometry, Attention Control, and Working Memory.- The utility of pupillometric methods for studying visual search.- Pupillometry and Declarative Long-Term Memory.- Pupil Dilation as a Dependent Variable in Language Research.- Pupillometry Studies of Listening Effort: Implications for Clinical Audiology.- What’s a Pupil Worth? The Promise and Challenges of Cognitive Pupillometry in The Wild.- Pupillometry in Schizophrenia: What We Know and Where We Could Go.- Interpersonal Pupillometry: The Pupil as an Indicator of Emotion and its Utility as a Social Cue.- Using Pupillometry in the Detection of Deception.- Part 3. Practical Guides.- Methodological Aspects of Pupillometry.- A Primer on Design and Data Analysis for Cognitive Pupillometry.- Processing and Analyzing of Pupillometry Data.- Index.

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Dr. Megan Papesh is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at University of Massachusetts Lowell. Dr. Papesh’s lab investigates human attention, perception, and memory, using converging techniques to study multiple interrelated phenomena, including episodic memory creation and retrieval, unfamiliar face perception/recognition, and the influence of contextual statistics and LC-NE system activity on visual attention and perception. Across studies, they collect data at multiple levels of analysis, emphasizing classic techniques, while also incorporating newer dynamic measures, including mouse-tracking, oculomotor and psychophysiological measures, and direct neural recordings.  Dr. Stephen Goldinger is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University. With his students and colleagues, Dr. Goldinger studies spoken and printed word perception, human memory, and visual attention.

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