For more than a century, scientists have understood that three factors control pupil size: light, focus distance, and cognitive processes like emotions or mental effort. Now, researchers at Karolinska ...

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Researchers have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, namely our breathing. The study shows that the pupil is smallest during inhalation and largest during exhalation ...