Pupil responses to colorfulness are selectively reduced in healthy older adults.

ABSTRACT: The alignment between visual pathway signaling and pupil dynamics offers a promising non-invasive method to further illuminate the mechanisms of human color perception. However, only limited research has been done in this area and the effects of healthy aging on pupil responses to the different color components have not been studied yet. Here we aim to address this by modelling the effects of color lightness and chroma (colorfulness) on pupil responses in young and older adults, in a closely controlled passive viewing experiment with 26 broad-spectrum digital color fields. We show that pupil responses to color lightness and chroma are independent from each other in both young and older adults. Pupil responses to color lightness levels are unaffected by healthy aging, when correcting for sm

SUBMITTER: van Leeuwen JEP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10719259 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature