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[QUOTE]Originally posted by DD'eDeN: [QB] This is intriguing. Does reading or saying or hearing the word "sunshine" make your pupils constrict just as if you were suddenly exposed to bright sunshine? This study claims so: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615084852.htm The meaning of a word is enough to trigger a reaction in our pupil: when we read or hear a word with a meaning associated with luminosity ("sun," "shine," etc.), our pupils contract as they would if they were actually exposed to greater luminosity. And the opposite occurs with a word associated with darkness ("night," "gloom," etc.). These results open up a new avenue for better understanding how our brain processes language. DD: Interesting hypothesis, which I have found to be more true than I would have thought long ago. Our words are both a projection (of sound and meaning) today and a reflection (echo) from the past words of our deep ancestors. It is not a mere accident that Sun is similar to shine and sky and skin and surface. In other languages, words of different sounds but of the same meaning eg. ari (daylight) is linked to aurat (fur/hair radiating out from body) and aurora (glow radiating out from solar/stellar body). The pupillary light response is physical reaction to brightness, as is the photic sneeze in some people, dark adaptation is the opposite. Are these also found in reading, writing, hearing words? How about blind people? how about people in rainforest vs. open plains? 1.Sebastiaan Mathôt, Jonathan Grainger, Kristof Strijkers. Pupillary Responses to Words That Convey a Sense of Brightness or Darkness. Psychological Science, 2017; 095679761770269 DOI: 10.1177/0956797617702699 All in the eyes: What the pupils tells us about language Date:June 15, 2017 Source:CNRS Summary:The meaning of a word is enough to trigger a reaction in our pupil: when we read or hear a word with a meaning associated with luminosity ("sun," "shine," etc.), our pupils contract as they would if they were actually exposed to greater luminosity. And the opposite occurs with a word associated with darkness ("night," "gloom," etc.). These results open up a new avenue for better understanding how our brain processes language. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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