Blink before and after you think: blinks occur prior to and following cognitive load indexed by pupillary responses.

Citations in the corpus

EEG Blink Artifacts Can Identify Read Music in Listening and Imagery (2025, unknown): “While blinking can enhance visual contrast [10], blinking can also be inhibited when salient stimuli are anticipated [11], during cognitive loading [12], or in allocation of auditory attention when responding to stimuli is required [13].”