Talk:Nystagmus

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Merge two types of nystagmus?

It appears that it could be useful to merge the two types of nystagmus into one article here. Some terms, such post rotational nystagmus, downbeat nystagmus, and upbeat nystagmus occur in both articles. Facts707 (talk) 18:08, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I completely agree. As I said on the talk page, I'm prepared to wait a fortnight (in case anyone objects) then set about merging the two. Tdwrigh T 23:55, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Iris/Pupil

In the alcohol and nystagmus section. The wording should be changed from movementof the 'pupil' to movement of the 'iris' as the pupil never moves independently. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.66.148 (talk) 02:46, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No, the iris does not move independant from the pupil any more than the pupil is independent from the iris and it is the pupil, through which we see, which is the relevent part here, not the iris, which is simply the pigmented light shield around the pupil. IceDragon64 (talk) 23:22, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Messed up definition

The basic definition of Nystagmus at the beginning of the article seems to be wrong here, I assume that was caused by the merging of the two articles. Nystagmus, is surely the movement, by whatever cause and should therefore not be described as if it were always an illness. At present is reads as if one might catch this illness as a young child or older and one might be affected for life. IceDragon64 (talk) 23:22, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What it looks like on the inside etc.

As usual, Wikipedia is reading in a very technical way here, and not neccesarily serving the everyday people it was written for very well. Surely we need to say that Nystagmus, when it goes wrong, is what makes the world around us appear to move when nothing is actually moving except our eyes, involutarily flicking out of place, then dropping back into place again as our brains try to compensate for a percieved motion measured inside our heads... or something like that

IceDragon64 (talk) 23:28, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nystagmus and Alcohol

"The field sobriety test studies published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have never been peer reviewed..." Can we be confident of the word "never" when the cited work is old enough to vote? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.47.70.89 (talk) 08:27, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]