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Don't Blink: A Study of How Focus Affects Blinking

CSEF · 2008 Mammalian Biology

Sam V. Heinz · Livermore Valley Charter School, Livermore, Alameda County

Overview

Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out how focus affects the semi-voluntary function of blinking. Methods/Materials I obtained informed consent from all my subjects. I created a program to record how often each subjects blinked. I tested and reviewed each subject for a set length of time for each activity while recording how often they blinked. The activities were playing a 3D videogame, playing a 2D videogame, reading a book, and staring at a blank wall. Results My results show that being focused can reduce blinking down to only two blinks a minute. Being bored can make you blink up to once every 5 seconds. Conclusions/Discussion My conclusion is that my subjects blink less when they are focused. On the other hand when my subjects were unfocused or not interested, they blinked much more frequently.

Summary statement

My project was to test how focus affects how often a subject blinks.

Help received

Mother helped glue papers to the posterboard.

Competition history

  • CSEF 2008 Mammalian Biology · Entry J1116

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