Aspects relate to systems and methods for determining actor status according to behavioral phenomena. An exemplary system includes an eye sensor configured to detect an eye parameter as a function of an eye phenomenon, a speech sensor configured to detect a speech parameter as a function of a speech phenomenon, and a processor in communication with the eye sensor and the speech sensor; the processor is configured to receive the eye parameter and the speech parameter, determine an eye pattern as a function of the eye parameter, determine a speech pattern as a function of the speech parameter, and correlate one or more of the eye pattern and the speech pattern to a cognitive status.