The acts of opening and closing the eyes are of importance for congenital blindness: Evidence from resting-state fMRI.
Neuroimage June 1, 2021 Yi-Xuan Feng, Ren-Yuan Li, Wei Wei et al.
Volitional eye closure is observed only in conscious and awake humans, and is rare in animals. It is believed that eye closure can focus one's attention inward and facilitate activities such as meditation and mental imagery. Congenital blind individuals are also required to close their eyes for these activities. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (RS-fMRI) studies have found...