Decision-makers betrayed by their wide eyes

March 10, 2010 | Source: New Scientist Life

Pupil dilation may be evidence of decision-making, Olivia Carter, a neuroscientist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, has found.

That might make for a low-tech way of reaching out to people who cannot communicate due to brain damage or paralysis: responses to yes/no or multiple-choice questions could be inferred from pupil dilation.

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