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Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho
I don't know a name for it but for me, I do it when my brain is tired and I am struggling to focus. It is a sign that I need to take a break. It reduces peripheral vision/field of view thus reducing the amount of visual information the brain needs to process.
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I always thought that as well.
But I definitively can say that boredom will always trigger it so I'm not sure if it's strictly a sign of the brain being over-taxed or not. On the contrary, if properly stimulated, I can focus on a task for hours on end with little repercussions. So I teeter with the idea that it's a psychosomatic issue more than anything else.