Claire Vanbuckhave

Imagery modulates the pupillary response, but this does not reliably index differences in imagery vividness. Most people report that they can imagine seeing things in their mind’s eye. But there are large individual differences. A small proportion of people r…

New Paper: Pupillary responses are not a reliable index of differences in imagery vividness.

Our search for more reliable metrics of imagery continues...
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My first first-author paper, from the first half of my Master’s (almost 3 years ago, wow) is out! Happy to finally share! 👁️

Stay tuned, there's more coming soon!

#pupillometry #mentalimagery #cognitivepsychology #aphantasia

Another study by @cvanbuck.bsky.social. Results similar to our preprint: pupil size is a reliable overall measure of bright/ dark processing, but this effect does not (or only very weakly) correlate with individual differences in #mentalimagery / #aphantasia
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Could we, and how to empirically study unconscious mental imagery? Open questions on both conceptual and methodological perspectives
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* Vanbuckhave 😅

Pupil size reflects moment-to-moment fluctuations in mental imagery, but not (or hardly) individual differences in imagery Previous research has shown that the eyes' pupils are larger when imaging dark as compared to bright objects or scenes. Based on this, it has been claimed that pupil size is a sensitive marker of ment...

🚨 #Preprint alert 🚨 A multilab study led by Claire Vanbuckave investigated whether the strength of pupil responses to imagined brightness/ darkness reflect differences in vividness of mental imagery. We found … 👇 1/3 🧵 #psychology #aphantasia #pupillometry #mentalimagery
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