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rain from becoming aware of the eyelid sweeping down over the pupil during a blink and the world going dark," explains Professor Frith. In summing up the study's implications, the authors suggest that when we blink, the brain may just miss it.

Bristow et al.: "Blinking suppresses the neural response to unchanging retinal stimulation." Publishing in Current Biology, Vol. 15, 1296?300, July 26, 2005. DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2005.06.025 www.current-biology.com


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