Voluntary response – you make a conscious decision to carry out a particular action therefore it stars with the brain. Voluntary actions are slower Involuntary response – doesn’t involve the brain as the coordinator and you are not aware you have completed it until after you have carried it out. These are usually essential to basic survival, and are rapid, whereas voluntary takes longer as we consider what the response might be. CORNEA refracts light as it enters the eye. CENTRAL and PERIPHERAL Type of involuntary action – REFLEX