(a) Left: encoding of blink information, the schematic indicates that the brain generates specific commands and stimulates the eyes to blink accordingly when a specific situation is encountered.

A trio of brain and cognitive scientists at the University of Rochester, in the U.S., has found that eye blinking does more than simply wet the eyes—it also helps to keep vision sharp by maintaining ...

Blinking exercises are preplanned, where you make a conscious effort to blink your eyes. They may help with dry eye disease. Dry eye is a common condition where your eyes don’t have enough tears to ...

Blink frequency of 20 blinks per minute improves tear meniscus height and tear break-up time in dry eye patients. The study involved 45 participants aged 14 to 35, using eye-tracking glasses to ...

Your eyes may reveal when your brain is working overtime. Researchers found that people blink less when trying to understand ...

Most eye studies used to focus on pupil size, brushing off blinks as useless “noise.” But new research from Concordia ...

Blinking generates an electrical signal that can be reliably measured. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the July 28, 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with or without dry eye had greater palpebral fissure height after 3 days of blinking exercises. Tear ...