The days of doctors and trainers asking potential concussion victims routine questions or running them through a series of cognitive and balance drills could be coming to an end. In the very near ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that between 1.6 and 3.8 million concussions occur each year in the US. In addition, research indicates that nearly a quarter of annual ...

December 29, 2014 - Recovery of blinking function is a critical but easily overlooked outcome after facial transplantation, according to a report in the January issue of Plastic and Reconstructive ...

Subtle changes in blinking patterns reveal a listener's true engagement. When people concentrate on understanding speech, their blink rate often slows. This indicates mental effort and absorption of ...

Blinking, an automatic reflex, is vital for eye health, spreading tears to prevent dryness and irritation. Deliberately stopping this action for even a minute causes immediate discomfort, blurred ...

EyeStat (blinktbi, Charleston, SC), a portable, lightweight device for measuring the natural blink reflex, received clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December 2019. The blink ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Blinkcns Inc. and the Zucker Institute for Innovation Commercialization at the Medical University of South ...

You do it about 14,000 times a day without thinking. That’s once every four seconds on average. Blinking seems like the most mundane bodily function imaginable, but it turns out those tiny eye ...

Blinking is one of those automatic actions that most people hardly notice, yet it plays a crucial role in keeping our eyes healthy and comfortable. On average, a person blinks 15 to 20 times per ...