Subcortical Arousal in Perceptual Awareness

A. The following are the inclusion/exclusion criteria for healthy participants age 18 years and up (Aim 1 and 2): Inclusion: (1) normal vision with or without the use of corrective lenses; (2) normal hearing not needing an assistive hearing device. Exclusion: (1) past history of diagnosis of a psychiatric or neurologic disease; (2) current psychiatric or neurologic disease; (3) requires hard contact lenses or glasses to maintain normal vision (prevents accurate pupil and eye gaze measurements); (4) pregnant or nonremovable ferrous metal objects inside or on the body (prevents MRI). B. The following are the inclusion/exclusion criteria for epilepsy patients with thalamic electrodes age 13 years and up (Aim 3A): Inclusion: (1) normal vision with or without the use of corrective lenses; (2) normal hearing not needing an assistive hearing device. Exclusion: (1) requires hard contact lenses or glasses to maintain normal vision (prevents accurate pupil and eye gaze measurements); (2) unable to perform the perception task due to cognitive impairment C. The following are the inclusion/exclusion criteria for epilepsy patients with thalamic electrodes age 18 year and up (Aim 3B): Inclusion: (1) normal vision with or without the use of corrective lenses; (2) normal hearing not needing an assistive hearing device. Exclusion: (1) unable to perform the perception task due to cognitive impairment