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Getting aroused can change the way you see

26 October 2016

A new study by Micah Allen (UCL Institute of Neurology) and Professor Geraint Rees (Dean, UCL Faculty of Life Sciences) finds that an unconscious increase in arousal - exhibited by a rapid heartbeat and dilated pupils - distorts people's confidence in judging what they see.  Read: Daily Mail, More: The Conversation, New Scientist (£), UCL News