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Research Article

Baseline blink rates and the effect of visual task difficulty and position of gaze

Pauline Cho Department of Optometry & Radiography, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China
,
Caren Sheng Department of Optometry & Radiography, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China
,
Carol Chan Department of Optometry & Radiography, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China
,
Raymond Lee Department of Optometry & Radiography, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China
&
Joey Tam Department of Optometry & Radiography, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Pages 64-70 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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