In the Blink of an Eye

The Eyeball

The Eyelashes

The Eyelid

The Levator Muscle

People can blink on purpose

Your eyelids feel sticky

They lubricate the surface of the eyes

They sweep out dust and debris away

How often and how much a person blinks.

You blink 15,000 blinks per day

Your Vision is interrupted for that amount each day

One factor is age, Newborn babies rarely blink.

How blinking is affected by the use of different electronic devices

The various factors associated with blinking rates

The different benefits of babies and adults get from blinking

Which parts of the eye are responsible for blinking

More muscles are used to move the eye than to blink

eye muscles are stronger that any other muscles in the body

blinking provides several benefits to the eyeball

blinking happens in a way that does not affect a persons vision

That's when the muscles that control eyelids eventually lose some of their tone and ability to move

You rarely notice this type of blink, which is incredibly fast

without this repeated lubrication, your eyeballs begin to dry and your eyelids feel sticky

Each time you blink, you eye closes from about three-tenths of a second

The blink rate decreases as people move into older adulthood

After 30 seconds you probably struggle to resist closing and then reopening your eyes

You'll blink less when your concentrating on something

When your thinking but not actually looking at something, your blink rate will decrease