There are lots of things kids don’t like about doctor’s visits; shots, blood tests and throat swabs top the list. One thing they love is having their knee reflexes checked. A reflex is an involuntary, ...

Blinking is something we all do automatically so often, in fact, that most of us never give it a second thought. But beneath this simple act lies a remarkable biological mechanism crucial to our eye ...

University of Melbourne provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions ...

This report examines the concurrent effects of manipulating attentional focus and emotional context on human blink reflex modulation. Eyeblink reflexes were elicited by air puffs or noise bursts from ...