ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2022
The eyes of the past: larger pupil size for autobiographical memories retrieved from field perspective.
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- A systematic review of eye movements during autobiographical recall: Does the mind's eye look at pictures of personal memories?Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2025Pooled it
- Unraveling the Memory of Falls in Older Adults: A Scoping Review.Current aging science · 2026Article
- Pupillometry as an index for cognitive processing in behavioral variant FrontoTemporal Dementia: a series of case studies.Neurocase · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundVisual perspective during memory retrieval has mainly been evaluated with methodologies based on introspection and subjective reports. The current study investigates whether visual perspective can be evaluated with a physiological measurement: pupil dilation.
methodsWhile their pupil diameter was measured with an eye-tracker, forty-five participants retrieved one memory from a field perspective (i.e., as viewed through our own eyes) and one memory from an observer perspective (i.e., as viewed from a spectator's standpoint). After retrieval, participants rated the emotional intensity of the memories.
resultsAnalysis demonstrated larger pupils during the retrieval of memories from a field perspective and higher emotional intensity for memories retrieved from a field perspective. DISCUSSION: The larger pupils for memories recalled from a field perspective could, however, not be attributed to their higher emotional intensity. These findings suggest that pupil dilation could be used as a physiological assessment of visual perspective during memory retrieval.
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