Dissociable pupil-linked arousal during overt and inner speech
Ryuta Kuwamizu, Ryoichi Watanabe, Nozomi Yamamoto, Kota Otani, Yusuke Moriguchi
This paper shows that inner and overt speech have distinct arousal profiles, with inner speech showing reduced pupil dilation under varying cognitive loads.
iScience · Oct 9, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience