Consciousness reflected in the eyes

Elife. 2018 Mar 6:7:e35374. doi: 10.7554/eLife.35374.

Authors

Woon Ju Park^{1

2

3}, Kimberly B Schauder^{1

3}, Duje Tadin^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, United States.
² Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, United States.
³ Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, United States.
⁴ Departments of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, United States.

Abstract

People with higher autistic traits display stronger fluctuations in pupil size when presented with an optical illusion.

Keywords: autism; consciousness; human; neuroscience; optical illusions; pupil size; pupillometry; visual processing.

© 2018, Park et al.

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MeSH terms

Adult
Autistic Disorder*
Consciousness
Eye
Humans
Optical Illusions*

Grants and funding

T32 EY007125/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States