<p>I have listed several articles below for your reference:</p>

<p>(Search terms: "<strong>oculometry pupillometry disorders of consciousness</strong>" in Google Scholar, nothing special):</p>

<p><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3920102/" rel="nofollow">Grandchamp et al, 2014, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00031</a> - A primary research article related to consciousness (mind wandering) where the authors investigated various pupillometric responses, among other measures. Good journal.</p>

<p>(Search terms: "<strong>pupillometry consciousness</strong>" in Google scholar):</p>

<p><a href="http://pps.sagepub.com/content/7/1/18.short" rel="nofollow">Laeng et al., 2012, DOI 10.1177/1745691611427305</a> - Nice looking review on pupillometry and consciousness that should be a good source of additional references;</p>

<p><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018298" rel="nofollow">Smallwood et al., 2011, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018298</a> - A primary research article on attention and perception in Plos One. It is open source, but not my favorite journal</p>

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AliceD
<p>I recently got to wondering whether certain eye movements or pupillary responses were correlated with disorders of consciousness (coma, VS, MCS, or even locked-in syndrome).  I know that the pupillary response to a direct light-source is part of the usual coma evaluation scale, but my question deals more with resting-state oculomotor activity or stimulus-evoked responses.</p>

<p>An example of such research might be (for example) a paper in which changes in pupil response co-varies with conscious-state changes in an MCS patient.</p>

<p>Does anybody know of any such research?</p>

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This might be relevant: https://transformations.org.nz/eye-movement-research-core-nlp-hypothesis-vindicated, as well as this: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22621999
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Relationship between oculometry/pupillometry and disorders of consciousness
Louis Thibault
# Relationship between oculometry/pupillometry and disorders of consciousness

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-06)

I recently got to wondering whether certain eye movements or pupillary responses were correlated with disorders of consciousness (coma, VS, MCS, or even locked-in syndrome). I know that the pupillary response to a direct light-source is part of the usual coma evaluation scale, but my question deals more with resting-state oculomotor activity or stimulus-evoked responses.

An example of such research might be (for example) a paper in which changes in pupil response co-varies with conscious-state changes in an MCS patient.

Does anybody know of any such research?

**Tags:** vision, consciousness, eye-movement, unconscious

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This might be relevant: https://transformations.org.nz/eye-movement-research-core-nlp-hypothesis-vindicated, as well as this: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22621999  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-12-08. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

I have listed several articles below for your reference:

(Search terms: "**oculometry pupillometry disorders of consciousness**" in Google Scholar, nothing special):

[Grandchamp et al, 2014, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00031](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3920102/) - A primary research article related to consciousness (mind wandering) where the authors investigated various pupillometric responses, among other measures. Good journal.

(Search terms: "**pupillometry consciousness**" in Google scholar):

[Laeng et al., 2012, DOI 10.1177/1745691611427305](http://pps.sagepub.com/content/7/1/18.short) - Nice looking review on pupillometry and consciousness that should be a good source of additional references;

[Smallwood et al., 2011, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018298](http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018298) - A primary research article on attention and perception in Plos One. It is open source, but not my favorite journal


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