pupillometricsn.
/ˌpjuːpᵻləˈmɛtrɪks/, U.S. /ˈˌpjupələˈmɛtrɪks/ A branch of psychology concerned with emotional and mental influences on the size of the pupil of the eye.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [noun] > of the eye and its parts
tonometry1876
electronystagmography1929
pupillography1940
pupillometrics1968
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > measurement of mental states > [noun] > via pupil dilation
pupillometrics1968
1968 E. H. Hess in F. M. Bass et al. Appl. Sci. in Marketing Managem. 431 Pupillometrics..is an area of psychological study that is based on our finding that the pupils..dilate when we see something pleasant or positive.
1980 D. Bloodworth Trapdoor xxv. 153 Pupillometrics—which means measuring the dilation of the pupil against ostensible emotions of the subject.
2005 Aggression & Violent Behavior 10 203 There has been little further published research investigating the utility of pupillometrics to discern sexual preference.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1968