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SUBMITTER: Kleberg JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7027752 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kleberg Johan Lundin JL Del Bianco Teresa T Falck-Ytter Terje T
Child development 20181231 4
The influence of arousal on visual attention was examined in 6.5-month-old infants (N = 42) in the context of a visual search task. Phasic increases in arousal were induced with brief sounds and measured with pupil dilation. Evidence was found for an inverted U-shaped relation between pupil dilation amplitude and visual orienting, with highest likelihood of a target fixation at intermediate levels of arousal. Effects were similar for facial stimuli and simple objects. Together, these results con ...[more]