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Comment by bearl

7 months ago

We microsleep whenever we blink. Or at least that was the old science, maybe there’s a new explanation.

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SamBam  7 months ago

I've never heard that, it doesn't really make sense given what we know about REM sleep and slow-wave sleep, and the Wikipedia page on blinking doesn't mention that at all, not even as an old theory.

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