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On exposure to a series of identical pictures of a young man and a young woman differing only in size of the pupils of the eyes, the eyes of married Ss dilated more to the opposite sex pictures than to the like sex pictures, dilated most to the opposite sex picture with the larger pupils, and dilated least to the like sex picture with the larger pupils. Difficulties with neutral stimuli were noted and an improved method of assessing picture stimuli brightness was described.
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Summary of a Qualifying Research Project submitted (1966) as part of the requirements for admission to candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Education at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Simms, T.M. Pupillary response of male and female subjects to pupillary difference in male and female picture stimuli. Perception & Psychophysics 2, 553–555 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03210265
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