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Blink rate and incomplete blinks in six different controlled hard-copy and electronic reading conditions

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Argilés Sans, MarcMés informacióMés informacióMés informació
Cardona Torradeflot, GenísMés informacióMés informacióMés informació
Pérez Cabré, ElisabetMés informacióMés informacióMés informació
Rodríguez Montiel, Margarita
Document typeArticle
Defense date2015-10
Rights accessOpen Access
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain
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ProjectSISTEMAS DE PROFUNDIDAD DE FOCO EXTENDIDA Y LENTES INTRAOCULARES MULTIFOCALES PARA LA SALUD VISUAL (MINECO-DPI2013-43220-R)
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Purpose: to evaluate spontaneous blink rate (SEBR) and percentage of incomplete blinks in different hard-copy and visual display terminal (VDT) reading conditions, as compared with baseline conditions. Methods: A sample of 50 participants (29 females, age range 18 to 74 years) were recruited for this study. All participants had good ocular health and reported no symptoms of dry eye (OSDI score < 15). Face video recordings were captured while participants observed in silence a landscape picture at 2 meters (baseline) and during six different, 6-minute controlled reading experimental conditions. Texts were presented in electronic (tablet and computer display at 100% and 330% zoom levels) and hard-copy (text in book position in silence and aloud and text pasted on the computer display) formats. Video analysis was subsequently conducted to assess blink parameters. Results: All reading conditions resulted in a decrease in SEBR when compared with baseline conditions (all p < 0.001), with the least negative impact corresponding to reading in a 330% expanded display. The percentage of incomplete blinks was found to increase when reading was conducted on an electronic platform, in contrast to hard-copy text. Conclusions: The high cognitive demands associated with a reading task lead to a reduction in SEBR, irrespective of type of reading platform. However, only electronic reading resulted in an increase in the percentage of incomplete blinks, which may account for the symptoms experienced by VDT users.
CitationArgilés , M., Cardona, G., Pérez-Cabré, E., Rodríguez, M. Blink rate and incomplete blinks in six different controlled hard-copy and electronic reading conditions. "Investigative ophthalmology and visual science", Octubre 2015, vol. 56, núm. 11, p. 6679-6685. 
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/2117/81805
DOI10.1167/iovs.15-16967
ISSN0146-0404
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