Libby, W. L., Lacey, B. C., &Lacey, J. I. (1973). Pupillary and cardiac activity during visual attention. Psychophysiology, 10(3), 270-294.
Thirty pictures, rated on 22 scales, were shown to 34 males, while pupillary diameters and heart rates were recorded, to test the prediction that attention to the environment leads to sympathetic‐like dilatation and parasympathetic‐like cardiac slowing, and to study the relationships of the responses to stimulus‐attributes. The prediction was satisfied, demonstrating directional fractionation and situational stereotypy. Tonic levels changed significantly during the experiment and also ...