[Active oculography as a method of diagnosing the psychophysiologic condition of a man]

The effect of stress factors on the oculomotor reactions of electric train drivers with various degrees of fatigue was studied in a modelled accidental situation. The spatio-temporal parameters of oculomotor reactions were shown to characterize not always correctly the state of a driver. More informative were found to be the values of asymmetry of saccades obtained by separate recordings of the right and left eye movements. A comparison between the character of the phase saccade disturbances of tired operators and that of patients with a deficiency in cerebral blood supply showed that the latter may be used as a model.