If you've hooked up your Nintendo Switch to a TV and noticed the dock has a flashing green light, it's a sign that something ...

New research indicates that the brain enters a momentary state of wakeful rest when we blink, perhaps allowing us to focus better afterward. Image via Flickr user Scinerm We all blink. A lot. The ...

Q: I feel like I’m blinking more often than usual. What can blinking tell me about my health? And why do we blink? A: We blink about once every three to five seconds and usually don’t even realize ...

Blinking is a normal and physiologically important phenomenon. It is infrequent in newborn babies, hence their wide-eyed stare. The frequency slowly increases as the nervous system matures. Adults ...

That subtle flutter of your eyelids might seem like nothing more than a basic bodily function, but it’s actually broadcasting your mental state to everyone around you. Your blinking pattern—how ...

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 ...

Along with keeping eyes moist, blinking may be helping us better notice big, gradually changing patterns, according to new research. Blinking provides information to the brain about the overall big ...

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Twitter commentary has grown ever more incredulous this month, thanks to the latest meme to go viral in 2017. Known simply as "Blinking Guy" or “White Guy Blinking,” the meme is being used to react to ...