The nature of normal blinking patterns.
The blinking patterns of 20 normal subjects were examined under controlled experimental conditions. While the mean blink rate was 12.55 blinks/min, there were marked variations between individuals. As well, each subject displayed a characteristic pattern of blinking, mixing inter-blink periods of shorter and longer durations in a regular fashion.
D000328:Adult; D001767:Blinking; D005143:Eyelids / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010507:Periodicity; D014743:Videotape Recording