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          Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·December 9, 2025·6 min read

          Blinking Drops When We Strain to Hear Speech

          People blink less when working harder to understand speech in noisy environments, suggesting that blinking is tightly linked to cognitive effort. Across two experiments, blink rates consistently dropped during key moments of listening, especially when background noise made speech difficult to process.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·November 18, 2025·6 min read

          Eyes Blink in Time With Music, Revealing Hidden Brain Rhythms

          New research shows that spontaneous eye blinks naturally sync to the beat of music, revealing a hidden form of auditory-motor synchronization that occurs even without conscious movement. In more than 100 participants listening to steady-tempo classical music, both blinks and brainwaves aligned with the rhythm, even when songs were played backward or replaced with tone-based beats.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·April 15, 2024·4 min read

          Ever Wonder Why We Blink So Much?

          A new study reveals the critical role of blinking in visual perception. Contrary to the common belief that blinking merely helps keep the eyes moist, the study found that blinking reshapes how visual information is processed by briefly altering the light patterns on the retina.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·February 3, 2021·4 min read

          Blink! The Link Between Aerobic Fitness and Cognition

          Spontaneous eye-blink rates could be the missing link in explaining the relationship between aerobic fitness and cognitive function.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·November 6, 2019·4 min read

          Horses blink less and twitch eyelids more when stressed

          Spontaneous blink rate decreases while eyelid twitches increase when a horse experiences a stressful situation.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·February 20, 2019·3 min read

          Optimum Amount of Dopamine Improves Cognitive Ability

          According to researchers, there is an optimum amount of dopamine that should be present within the brain. This optimum amount can help improve cognitive performance on tasks, researchers report.
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          the mPFC
          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·September 25, 2018·4 min read

          Why it Doesn’t Go Dark When You Blink

          Researchers report the medial prefrontal cortex calibrates current visual information with previously obtained information to help us perceive the world with more stability, helping to retain visual consistency as we blink.
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          FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·December 20, 2017·4 min read

          Neurological Assessments in the Blink of an Eye?

          Researchers report a blink reflexometer may help doctors to diagnose neurological problems, from TBI to Parkinson's disease, in patients.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·November 27, 2017·4 min read

          ‘Mind’s Eye Blink’ Proves ‘Paying Attention’ Is Not Just a Figure of Speech

          According to researchers, when shifting attention from one spot to another, the brain blinks. They report these blinks are momentary unconscious gaps in visual perception.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·January 19, 2017·4 min read

          Why the Lights Don’t Dim When We Blink

          Our brains reposition our eyeballs as we blink in order to allow us to stay focused on what we are looking at, a new study reports.
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          AI Turns Simple EEG Scans Into Accurate Dementia Detectors

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          Positive Imagining Changes the Brain in Seconds

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          How the Brain Interprets Sarcasm, Tone, and Hidden Meaning

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