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The Tell-tale Eye


The Tell-tale Eye 
by Eckhard H. Hess 
First published 1975 

With illustrations throughout, this is the first book on pupillometrics representing a major step forward in the understanding of human behaviour. Fascinating work presents a history of the subject, senses and mental processes, the pupil and other measures, advertising and the pupil, and much more. A pioneer in pupillometrics, a field of psychology based on thoughts and emotions as revealed through the eye, Hess see the pupil as the body's natural lie detector and a type of window to the brain. He found that changes in attitude can be detected by measuring changes in pupil size, and that the enlarged or constricted pupils can also affect the attitude and responses of the person who observes them.