Abnormal blinking of newscasters

Kazuo Tsubota; Fuminobu Egami; Tomohiro Ohtsuki; Masuro Shintani

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02100-5

Abnormal blinking of newscasters

Kazuo Tsubota, Fuminobu Egami, Tomohiro Ohtsuki, Masuro Shintani

Department of Ophthalmology

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Abstract

When compared with a control group, blink rates of Japanese TV newscasters were increased, suggesting a possible reaction to reading the news under stressful studio conditions. Frequent blinking may be distractive to the viewing audience.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	308
Number of pages	1
Journal	Lancet
Volume	354
Issue number	9175
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02100-5
Publication status	Published - 1999 Jul 24

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