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Blinking gives your brain a break

Blinking gives your brain a break


Blink. Blink blink blink. Every minute, we blink our eyes 15 to 20 times. But we only need to blink two to four times a minute for adequate lubrication. So what's happening when we blink those other times? (Blink blink blink)

Source: NBCNews.com: Health

break brain your Blinking

Why the lights don't dim when we blink

Every few seconds, our eyelids automatically shutter and our eyeballs roll back in their sockets. So why doesn't blinking plunge us into intermittent darkness and light? New research shows that the brain works extra hard to stabilize our vision despite our fluttering eyes. Ref. Source 3z.

Blinking gives your brain a break Health & Special Psychology

Why it doesn't get dark when you blink. About every five seconds we close our eyes and blink to moisten them. During this brief moment no light falls on our retina yet it is not constantly dark and we continue to observe a stable picture of our environment. The brain seems to remember the percepts that have just happened. Scientists have now identified a brain area that plays a crucial role in perceptual memory. Source 2y.

break brain your Blinking

Length of eye blinks might act as conversational cue. Blinking may feel like an unconscious activity, but new research suggests that humans unknowingly perceive eye blinks as nonverbal cues when engaging in conversation. Source 9w.

break brain your Blinking

I always took long blinks during a conversation to either mean:
1. The person is very tired
2. They find you annoying
3. They do not want to be talking right now.