title: Vision: in the blink of an eye.
abstract: Although we blink every 4 to 6 seconds, we notice neither the act of blinking nor the mini-blackouts they cause. A new study using imaging techniques identifies the neural structures in humans involved in suppressing vision processing and visual awareness during blinking.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Neuroscienze del CNR, Pisa and Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Firenze, Italy. dave@in.cnr.it
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Burr
mesh_terms: D001767:Blinking / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*