A South Korean study has found that the loss of the corneal reflex—an automatic blink when the eye is touched—may predict death within 24 hours in hospice patients with advanced cancer. Researchers ...

How did the bodies of animals, including ours, become such fine-tuned movement machines? How vertebrates coordinate the eternal tug-o-war between involuntary reflexes and seamless voluntary movements ...

A South Korean study has found that the loss of the corneal reflex — the automatic blink when the eye’s surface is touched — can indicate a high likelihood of death within 24 hours in deeply sedated ...