https://tube.blueben.net/videos/watch/fecd85eb-044d-4fd9-aacd-eb4bed37e38a Why Pressing Your Eyes Slows Your Heart Pressing on the eye can trigger the oculocardiac reflex. Signals travel through the trigeminal nerve to the brainstem, which increases vagus nerve activity to the heart. This can slow the heart rate and may also occur during certain eye surgeries. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:06:44 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tube.blueben.net https://tube.blueben.net/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://tube.blueben.net/videos/watch/fecd85eb-044d-4fd9-aacd-eb4bed37e38a All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tube.blueben.net/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.