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SUBMITTER: Leong YC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8726586 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leong Yuan Chang YC Dziembaj Roma R D'Esposito Mark M
Psychological science 20210902 9
People's perceptual reports are biased toward percepts they are motivated to see. The arousal system coordinates the body's response to motivationally significant events and is well positioned to regulate motivational effects on perceptual judgments. However, it remains unclear whether arousal would enhance or reduce motivational biases. Here, we measured pupil dilation as a measure of arousal while participants (<i>N</i> = 38) performed a visual categorization task. We used monetary bonuses to ...[more]