A study of the ontogenetic and phylogenetic differences in endogeneous eyeblinks.

我们进行了两个实验，以建立不同年龄和性别群体内源性眨眼活动的各种测量的量化参数。第一个实验测试了年龄在3个月到4岁之间的参与者，第二个实验测试了年龄在5到93岁之间的参与者。对于3个月到4岁的儿童，我们拍摄了视频，并在没有刺激的安静休息条件下检查了他们的眨眼行为。对于年龄在5岁到93岁之间的参与者，我们检查了年龄较大组在观看视频刺激时的眨眼行为。结果显示，年轻参与者的眨眼频率低于年龄较大的参与者，直到9岁，眨眼频率逐渐增加。3个最小年龄组(4岁以下)在眨眼频率和眨眼波特征上存在一定差异。实验2表明，不同成年组(20岁以上)的眨眼率没有显著差异。此外，除了4岁以下的三个年龄组外，我们发现不同年龄组或性别之间的关闭、重新打开或总眨眼持续时间没有显著差异。我们发现了三种类型的眨眼频率，并测试了眨眼与头部运动、眨眼发生率、眼皮侧向优势以及眨眼的时间分布之间的关联。

We conducted two experiments to establish quantitative parameters for various measures of endogenous blink activity across different age and gender groups. The first experiment tested participants aged between 3 months and 4 years and the second tested participants aged between 5 and 93 years. For children aged between 3 months and 4 years we video-recorded and examined blinking behavior under quiet resting conditions with no stimulation. For participants aged between 5 and 93 years, we examined the blinking behavior of the older groups while viewing a video stimulus. The results revealed that younger participants blinked less frequently than older participants, with blink rate increasing gradually up to 9 years of age. Some differences in blink rate and blink wave attributes were found between the three youngest age groups (aged under 4 years). Experiment 2 revealed no significant differences in blink rate among the adult age groups (over 20 years old). In addition, we found no significant differences in the duration of closing, reopening, or total blink duration between age groups or genders, except in the three groups aged under 4 years. We found the three types of blink frequency and tested associations between blinks and head movements, flurry incidence, side superiority of eyelids and the temporal distribution of blinks.