Open AccessTheoretical and experimental research on the use of the blinking reflex for command and control of human body movement
Author(s) -
Delia Dragusin,
M Baritz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/898/1/012031
Subject(s) - reflex , process (computing) , eye movement , sensory system , motor system , corneal reflex , neuroscience , psychology , movement (music) , motor control , computer science , physical medicine and rehabilitation , communication , medicine , physics , acoustics , operating system
The blink reflex is a behavioural motor response that is normally found in the process of seeing at newborns and human adults. As with the corneal reflex, the supraorbital branch electrical stimulation of the trigeminal nerve causes a facial nerve bilateral response, namely eyes blinking. Therefore, this sensitive process can also be a neurological control element for performing movements, related to the natural blinking process amplitude, speed and frequency. In the first part of the paper, a series of blinking process physiological aspects are analyzed, in order to identify the movements command and control components. In the second part of the paper, it is analyzed the devices constructive variants for evaluating the blinking process and the connecting possibility with separate sensory elements that can collect information from the visual system neuro-motor level. In the third part of the paper, there are mentioned some aspects related to the experimental installation design and the command and control mode for setting in motion a system using the coordinated ocular and neurosensory blinking mechanism. The final part presents the conclusions of this approach to the development of a system with the use of oculomotor and neurosensory stimuli.