The Surprising Connection Between Blinking and Sports

Today, you’ll learn about hidden consciousness in comatose patients, the eerie secret glowing language of frogs, and the mysterious blinking of race car drivers.  

Comatose Consciousness  

• “Source of Hidden Consciousness in ‘Comatose’ Brain Injury Patients Found.” Columbia University. 2023.  
• “Injury patterns associated with cognitive motor dissociation.” by Eva Franzova, et al. 2023.  

Glowing Frogs  

• “Many frogs glow in blue light, and it may be a secret, eerie language.” by Jake Buehler. 2023.  
• “Evidence for ecological tuning of novel anuran biofluorescent signals.” by Courtney Whitcher, et al. 2023.  
• “Naturally occurring fluorescence in frogs.” by Carlos Taboada, et al. 2017.  
• “Ultraviolet fluorescence discovered in New World flying squirrels (Glaucomys).” by Allison M Kohler, et al. 2019.  
• “Salamanders and other amphibians are aglow with biofluorescence.” by Jennifer Y Lamb & Matthew P Davis. 2020.  

Race Car Blinks  

• “Race car drivers usually blink at the same places in each lap.” by Darren Incorvaia. 2023.  
• “Why You Blink Your Eyes.” by Troy Bedinghaus, OD. 2023.  

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