Purdue University

Improved Reflex app from brightlamp unlocks ‘the diagnostic power of the pupil,’ provides diagnostic data for concussions in seconds

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Capturing objective data in about five seconds that can aid concussion diagnoses through an iPhone, the Reflex PLR Analyzer, an industry-disruptive diagnostic tool for traumatic ...
MobiHealthNews

Study: Pupil light reflex could be biomarker for concussion

Pupil size in response to light could serve as a biomarker for concussion, according to a study published in Life. “A concussive injury to the brain is associated with changes in the PLR [pupillary ...
Purdue University

Improved app designed to increase the diagnostic power of the pupil for neurologists, optometrists

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Legacy Concussion Foundation estimates that 5 out of 6 concussions are undiagnosed. New advances for a neurological diagnostic tool for traumatic brain injury and various ...
BMJ

7.20 Differences in pupillary light reflex metrics after concussion persist at clinical objective

Objective Pupillary light reflex (PLR) metrics are enhanced in adolescents with concussion. It is not known if these PLR metrics in concussed adolescents return back to the normal range at recovery.
Science Daily

Eye test could screen children for autism, study finds

Measuring how the eyes' pupils change in response to light -- known as the pupillary light reflex -- could potentially be used to screen for autism in young children, according to a new study.
Science Daily

Windows to the soul: Pupils reveal 'aphantasia' -- the absence of visual imagination

Picture this, if you will: Aphantasia can be detected with an eye-opening look into our pupils. To first gauge the pupillary reflex of non-aphantasic people, the researchers sought 42 study ...