Efficient Oculometric Assessment of Altered Neural Function

Eye movements have long been known to shed light on the locus and nature of serious brain injuries and pathologies. Recent scientific findings linking eye movements and higher-order psychometric performance and recent technical advances in eye-tracking precision have enabled the harnessing of an assortment of oculometrics as sensitive and reliable biomarkers of mild neural impairment across a wide range of stressors and brain regions. Oculometrics is, therefore, a promising new tool for the assessment of spaceflight effects on sensorimotor performance and on the effectiveness of candidate countermeasures, even with small sample populations