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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Physiology

Background:

  • Dots on natural backgrounds trigger pupillary constrictions linked to parasympathetic activation, suggesting disgust.
  • While dots on faces are known to evoke stronger disgust than on non-face backgrounds, direct comparison of pupil constriction remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if dots on faces elicit stronger pupillary constrictions compared to non-face backgrounds.
  • To explore the role of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system activity in response to dots on faces.

Main Methods:

  • Pupillometry was employed to measure pupil size changes.
  • Participants viewed dots presented on faces, phase-scrambled faces (luminance and spatial frequency controlled), and face-only stimuli.

Main Results:

  • Initial pupillary constrictions were observed for dots on faces and phase-scrambled faces, but without significant differences compared to controls.
  • Pupillary responses to dots on faces recovered to baseline faster than those on phase-scrambled faces, with a larger pupil size in the later phase.

Conclusions:

  • The findings suggest that dots, irrespective of the background, may activate the parasympathetic nervous system, potentially eliciting disgust rather than fear.
  • The dynamic interplay between sympathetic and parasympathetic activities might explain the observed differences in pupillary response recovery and size.