Blinking's less about lubrication than relaxing rumination

By Melissa Healy
Updated December 29 2012 - 4:08pm, first published 3:00am

WHY do we spend about 10 per cent of our waking hours with our eyes closed - blinking far more often than is actually necessary to keep our eyeballs lubricated?

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