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DR. CLARK'S interesting and novel method of avoiding the interruption of vision due to blinking assumes that blinking is suppressed when the subject 'winks' periodically with alternate eyes. After repeated trials, I doubt whether this assumption is justified. Moreover, few people are aware of their normal rate of blinking.

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LAWSON, R. [Letters to Editor]. Nature 162, 970 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162970d0

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