Blinking Acts Like 'Steadicam of the Mind'

On average, people blink tens of thousands of times a day, and while it was thought the involuntary motion served mainly to lubricate the eyeballs, a new study suggests blinking has a more important role. Writing in the journal Current Biology, an international team of researchers led by the University of California at Berkeley say blinking “repositions our eyeballs so we can stay focused on what we’re viewing.” According to researchers, when we blink, our eyes roll back in their...

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