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	Podcast:		UC Science Today
	Episode:		Taking the guesswork out of sports-related concussions
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:01:02
	Publish Date:		2015-11-29 18:00:00
	Description:		Low-cost mobile tools developed by the University of California, Davis may soon take the guesswork out of current tests for sports-related concussions. Khizer Khaderi, the director of neuro-ophthalmology at the UC Davis Eye Center, found a way to more objectively measure for concussions by assessing the eye-brain connection. "Over a third of the brain is dedicated to your vision. So given my expertise and the study and measurement of vision, so we came up with a device that uses a mobile solution that involves biometrics around different types of eye movements, pupil response and brainwave activity." Current cognitive tests compare results to previous baseline measurements. But players who want to stay in the game can deliberately fudge those baseline tests so if an injury does occur, their results are not too different from their baseline scores. "The current screening that's going on with cognitive testing is great, I mean it’s better than having nothing and what we’re trying to do is just continue to improve that process with this solution that we’re proposing and we’re going to be testing this fall."
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