The present study only dealt with spontaneous eyeblinks, since with the approach of blink time locked data it is possible to derive a good estimate of only blink-related activity.
Only at this high sampling rate it is possible to reasonably study the period of tear film behavior immediately before and after a blink.
By manipulating the duration of this interstimulus interval, it is possible to create conditions where T2 is not consciously perceived (i.e. an attentional blink occurs), and compare with conditions where it is perceived.
"It is possible to intensify.
It is possible to make it worse.
(It is possible to apply it backwards).
(While it's possible to go to 1,000 WPM in theory, blinking your eyes could cause you to miss words at this rate!).
Since no significant differences (P ≤ 0.814, one-way ANOVA) were observed between reflexively evoked blink responses in the two groups of animals, it was possible to use the classical conditioning of eyeblink responses to test their learning capabilities.
It's possible to make it worse.
(For what it's worth, it's also possible to blink too little, which can make a candidate seem reptilian).
