Emotion and Perception Lab member Beata Pacula participated in the 65th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, held in Montréal, Quebec, Canada (October 13–18, 2025).
She presented two posters based on her research into the physiological correlates of sensory processing sensitivity — the central topic of her NCN Preludium grant project. Her first presentation, Exploring Sensory Sensitivity through Pupillometry: Evidence from Basic Visual Stimuli, examined whether simple visual stimuli differing in luminance evoke distinct autonomic responses across sensitivity levels. The second, Two Components of Sensory Processing Sensitivity: How Visual Saliency and Emotional Valence Influence Pupil Reactions of Highly Sensitive Persons, focused on how visual saliency, but also emotional load, shape pupillary responses to emotional pictures in individuals with varying degrees of sensory processing sensitivity.
