Synchronization of spontaneous eyeblinks while viewing video stories

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1673, 2009, Pages 3635-3644

  Nakano, Tamami ^a,b,c,d   Yamamoto, Yoshiharu ^a   Kitajo, Keiichi ^a,e   Takahashi, Toshimitsu ^c,d   Kitazawa, Shigeru ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attention; Spontaneous eyeblink; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

EYE; SYNCHRONY; VIDEOGRAPHY; VISION; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 70350247657     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0828     Document Type: Article

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