Abstract
The human pupil represents an easily accessible target organ of the central and peripheral functions of the autonomous nervous system. As advances in modern electronic technology improved recording and evaluation techniques (the measurement of pupil diameter and pupil reactions) gained increased importance in clinical psychophysiological diagnostics. In 1902, Dupont, and in 1910, Weiler, tried to measure the pupil diameter by means of a scale. For this purpose the pupil was observed directly by an optical system. After the development of photography, it was possible to obtain pictures of the pupil diameter [1,2]. Later, movie cameras that registered absolute measurement of diameter and for demonstration of continuous changes in size, were and are used today [3, 4, 5]. Recently, electronic devices based on infrared light illumination were developed, such as the Whittaker Corporation TV-Pupillometer. It therefore became possible to measure pupillary reactions more objectively, economically and precisely. The aim of the present paper is to outline our developed methodology, to inform about reliability and validity, and finally, to make proposals for application to a psychiatric clinic.
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Grünberger, J. (2003). Psychophysiologie. In: Pupillometrie in der klinisch- psychophysiologischen Diagnostik. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6032-9_3
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