Abstract
Eye movements associated with eye closure (so called Bell's phenomenon) were studied in nine healthy adults with a scleral search coil technique. Two types of eye closure were tested : prolonged eye closure and natural voluntary blinks.
In eight of the nine subjects, upward, abductional and extorsional eye movements were observed during prolonged eye closure. In six subjects, similar eye movements were recorded during voluntary blinking. Only one subject showed upward, adductional and intorsional eye movements with blinking and prolonged closure.
