Blinking

It's a good question.

I'm going to go with Blinks.

I'm going to say Blinks, too.

Because he's only got one eye.

Yeah.

In a way, yes.

Blinking is normally managed by a part of your brain called the basal ganglia, which handles automatic background tasks.

But when you look at a bright, fast-moving, or highly engaging screen, your visual attention is so intense that the brain deprioritizes the blinking reflex.

So it essentially says, don't interrupt my vision with a blink, I am focusing.

I'm stretching the eyelids over the eyeballs.

The eyelids that the professor is stretching help to keep the eyes clean and moist through a very complicated process called blinking Blinking is both a voluntary and involuntary action meaning you can blink whenever you want to but you also blink without even thinking about it Eyelashes also help to protect your eyes just like umbrellas.

Another way your eyes keep themselves clean is by watering when there's something getting in the way like dust or an eyelash.

It's the same mechanism that produces tears when we're sad, although no one is quite sure why this happens.

Most people blink around 15 to 20 times every minute.

Blinking spreads a thin layer of tears across your eyes, which keeps them moist, washes away tiny bits of dust, and protects them from germs.

And without blinking, your eyes would quickly dry out and become uncomfortable or even get hurt more easily.

Your brain controls blinking automatically, so you almost never have to think about doing it.

1.

Blink and let that be the last.

As if your eyelids have sealed down.

comfortably closed.

Wink.

Blink.

Wink.

Blink.

Wink.

Blink.

Now close your eyes and I will tell you a story.

Once upon a time in a tiny village by a big, dark, scary forest, there lived a little old lady.

Right.

So you've got the blink, blinking.

Blinking.

Definitely taking some breaks to blink.

I think for women in particular, we need to be very conscientious about what we're putting in, on, and around our eyes throughout the day, so meaning cosmetics or skin care that we're putting around our eyes, being cognizant of the ingredients that are in there so we're not putting a bunch of toxins on there.

Look at something twenty feet away for twenty seconds.

Blink consciously.

Use lubricating eye drops if the eyes are dry.

Position the screen at arm's length and slightly below eye level.

Spot on.

Blinking spreads that protective layer evenly, and once the fluid reaches those tiny openings by the inner corner, it drains down a little passage right into your nasal cavity.

So it's basically a tiny sink.

Exactly.