{"649226":{"#nid":"649226","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Having Larger Pupils May Be a Sign of Intelligence, a Study Shows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELooking at someone\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;eyes\u0026nbsp;can give you a\u0026nbsp;glimpse into\u0026nbsp;their emotional state. You may be able to\u0026nbsp;rdiscern whether they are happy, sad, or\u0026nbsp;angry. Little did we\u0026nbsp;know that eyes may\u0026nbsp;also be\u0026nbsp;the window to\u0026nbsp;intelligence, and could possibly tell\u0026nbsp;you about someone\u0026rsquo;s IQ. A\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0010027721000627?via%3Dihub\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer nofollow\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;from researchers in the School of Psychology\u0026nbsp;found that people with large pupils may be\u0026nbsp;more intelligent than those with smaller pupils. A lot depends on the right lighting conditions, as mentioned in the study conducted\u0026nbsp;by graduate researcher Jason \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/englelab.gatech.edu\/jason\u0022\u003ETsukahara\u003C\/a\u003E, and Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/randall-w-engle\u0022\u003ERandall Engle,\u003C\/a\u003E principal investigator in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/englelab.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAttention and Working Memory Lab\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-08-03 17:06:57","changed_gmt":"2021-08-03 17:06:57","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"traffic emissions","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/brightside.me\/wonder-curiosities\/having-larger-pupils-may-be-a-sign-of-intelligence-a-study-shows-802837\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-08-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-08-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"76091","name":"Randall Engle"},{"id":"187994","name":"Jason Tsukahara"},{"id":"187995","name":"pupil size"},{"id":"856","name":"Intelligence"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}