YOGYAKARTA Reflecting naturally every few seconds turns out to be beneficial. The neural changes that are triggered by shaking the eye are not only useful for cognitiveness. But also as a way to fill yourself'' from pressure even if done in a short time.

When flickering, we see nothing, explains Daniel Graham, Ph.D. who is a member of the association of professors of psychology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Open research conducted by psychologist Frances Volkmann and his colleagues in 1980, researched the conditions that occur when someone flashes. As eyes close, the orbit that houses the eye is not completely light. People can easily see the light sent into their eyes through the mouth.

Researcher in his research reported by Psychology Today, Sunday, January 15, concluded that the act ofhauling the eye must trigger disturbances in the visual brain. The visual world in the brain will dim but not disappear every one hundredths of a second.

Through this study, according to Graham, skipping awareness of the brief darkness can make it easier for the brain to connect visual information across visible gaps. According to recorded research evidence, in the brain of cats and monkeys there is a visual impairment due to neural activity being suppressed. This activity relies on flickering in the occipital cortex, or the back of the brain. Through certain mechanisms, act of▁apabilating the eyes appears to cause cells in the visual brain to work more rarely during tearing the eyes.

If the shock gives us a brief pause from reality, can it benefit mental health in everyday life? There is no direct evidence, but according to Graham more flickering may be beneficial. Direct effects of flickering on your mind will be brief. In addition, based on data from Grossman and his colleagues from 2019 research, hearing time doesn't appear to slow down during flickering.

But shaking your eyes for a long time will have an effect on neural slowdown for a long time. That is, it should not be because normal vision can be disturbed when your eyes open again, especially if you are moving.

It seems necessary to do more research on the benefits ofhauling your eyes, Graham suggested. More importantly, just by flickering may be useful especially when full of thinking tasks and you want to take a break.


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