A new device that measures changes in pupil diameter while subjects view advertisements, packages, etc., offers promise of becoming a powerful tool for studying the interest-arousing qualities of stimuli. Encouraging evidence of the reliability and validity of this device has been found in a series of studies —two of which are described in this article.
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