{"id":214933,"date":"2025-05-28T10:05:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/pupil-dilation-directly-linked-to-the-brains-working-memory-levels"},"modified":"2025-05-28T10:05:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:05:53","slug":"pupil-dilation-directly-linked-to-the-brains-working-memory-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/pupil-dilation-directly-linked-to-the-brains-working-memory-levels","title":{"rendered":"Pupil dilation directly linked to the brain\u2019s \u201cworking memory\u201d levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/pupil-dilation-directly-linked-to-the-brains-working-memory-levels2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A fresh study suggests that the way a person\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/pupil-size-during-sleep-decides-if-new-or-old-memories-are-replayed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pupils change<\/a> while they concentrate hints at how well that mental scratchpad is working.<\/p>\n<p>Working memory does more than hold stray reminders; it stitches together phone digits until they are dialed, keeps track of a spoken sentence until the meaning lands, and buffers half-finished ideas during problem-solving.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/how-does-our-brain-form-long-term-memories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">long-term memory<\/a>, it works on a tight clock measured in seconds. Because the capacity is finite \u2013 typically three to seven items at once \u2013 small differences in efficiency can ripple through reading, mathematics, and decision-making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh study suggests that the way a person\u2019s pupils change while they concentrate hints at how well that mental scratchpad is working. Working memory does more than hold stray reminders; it stitches together phone digits until they are dialed, keeps track of a spoken sentence until the meaning lands, and buffers half-finished ideas during [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2229,1512,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mathematics","category-mobile-phones","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}