Squinting Computer Users Blink Less

Courtesy of The Wired Campus blog:

If you spend hours a day squinting at computer screens, you might be improving your skills at staring competitions. But you could end up hurting your eyes more than you realize, according to researchers at Ohio State University. Even slight squinting, the researchers say, cuts a computer user's blink rate in half -- and insufficient blinking can make for dry, irritated eyes.