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Pupil Dynamics Reflect Uncertainty-Driven Adjustments of Probability Learning

2026-02-28

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Adaptive learning in dynamic environments depends on the brain’s ability to represent and respond to uncertainty. Changes in arousal-mediated pupil diameter provide insight into the neural basis of this process. Prior work has focused on magnitude-based inference tasks, and revealed that learning is primarily influenced by the detection of change points and the corresponding modulation of arousa...

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Literature Corpus work: f69ed833-9e1a-54b9-853a-3506d332cf4f
DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.26.708148

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