Parts of the brain are temporarily "switched off" when we blink, scientists have found.
The team from University College London found the brain shut down parts of the visual system for each blink.
Writing in Current Biology, they said this was the case even if light was still entering the eyes.
The researchers said this could explain why people do not notice their own blinking, as it gave us an "uninterrupted view of the world".
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Read this and tell me your not self conscious for a little bit about blinking. :-)