dr. S. (Sebastiaan) Mathot

Associate Professor

Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences

Telephone:

+31 50 36 36617

E-mail:

s.mathot rug.nl

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Publications

Attention modulates the effects of stimulus brightness and contrast on time perception

Karsilar, H., van Rijn, H. & Mathôt, S., 19-Mar-2026, In: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 33, 4, 12 p., 118.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Pupil Constriction Causes Activity in the Human Retina and Visual System

Mathôt, S., Dimigen, O., Karsilar, H., Ruuskanen, V., Weiden, D. & Vilotijević, A., 16-Apr-2026, BioRxiv, 23 p.

Research output: Working paper › Preprint › Academic

Pupil Size Reflects Trial-Level Variability in Imagery Vividness During Immersive Storytelling but Not (or Hardly) Individual Differences in Trait Imagery

Vanbuckhave, C., Eikner, J. S., Laeng, B., Onnis, L. & Mathôt, S., Apr-2026, In: Psychophysiology. 63, 4, 18 p., e70298.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Subtle Gaze and Pupil Dynamics: Detecting Recognition of Familiar Faces with Moving Serial Visual Presentation

Chen, I. Y., Mathȏt, S. & Akyürek, E. G., 4-Mar-2026, In: Journal of Cognition. 9, 1, 20.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Een wereld vol denkers: Op zoek naar het bewustzijn van mens, dier en plant (en misschien zelfs AI)

Mathot, S., 2025, Balans.

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Popular

No evidence for association between pupil size and fluid intelligence among either children or adults

Lorente, P., Ruuskanen, V., Mathôt, S., Crespo, A. & Radl, J., Aug-2025, In: Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 32, p. 1795-1802 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Stimuli are perceived as lasting longer when there is something bright on the screen

Karsilar, H., Mathôt, S. & van Rijn, H., Aug-2025, In: Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics. 87, 6, p. 1948-1963 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

The effect of covert visual attention on pupil size during perceptual fading

Vilotijevic, A. & Mathot, S., Jan-2025, In: Cortex. 182, p. 112-123 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

The Interplay of Spontaneous Pupil-Size Fluctuations and EEG Power in Near-Threshold Detection

Ruuskanen, V., Boehler, C. N. & Mathôt, S., Mar-2025, In: Psychophysiology. 62, 3, 11 p., e70035.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

The pupillary respiratory-phase response: pupil size is smallest around inhalation onset and largest during exhalation

Schaefer, M., Mathôt, S., Lundqvist, M., Lundström, J. N. & Arshamian, A., Mar-2025, In: Journal of Physiology. 603, 6, p. 1607-1625 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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Press/media

Pupil thickness might be a sign of aphantasia, according to the mind's eye

Mathot, S.

17/06/2022

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

The mind's eyes: A certain amount of specimen size might indicate anphantasia

Mathot, S.

14/06/2022

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

The mind's eye: Pupil size may be indicator of aphantasia

Mathot, S.

10/05/2022

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Interview Radio 1, De Taalstaat

Mathot, S.

24/06/2017

Press/Media: Other › Popular

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