http://b985.fm Central Maine's Country Sun, 19 May 2013 20:06:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://b985.fm/blinking-may-let-your-brain-rest/ http://b985.fm/blinking-may-let-your-brain-rest/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:42:41 +0000 Randy McCoy http://b985.fm/?p=48354 It’s been known for some time that when people blink it’s to moisten their eyeball. It's something the body does without us thinking about it. New research in Japan suggests blinking does more than that by putting the brain in a temporary ‘safe’ mode like a computer does.

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