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Blinking suppresses the neural response to unchanging retinal stimulation

Davina Bristow1, John-Dylan Haynes, Richard Sylvester

  • 1Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom. dbristow@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk

Current Biology : CB
|July 30, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Blinking causes a temporary loss of visual sensitivity, known as blink suppression. This study reveals that the brain actively reduces visual processing during blinks, even without changes in light, to prevent us from noticing them.

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