SciShow - Can Bright Light Make You Sneeze?

[StrawberryClock]

I KNEW I WASN'T CRAZY! IT'S ACTUALLY A THING!

[video=youtube;vScrDtGZmb0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vScrDtGZmb0[/video]

[Sitkero]

Happens to me, it's actually really goddamn useful when I need to sneeze but can't, just gotta look at the nearest bright light

[TheTalon]

[QUOTE=Sitkero;45067106]Happens to me, it's actually really goddamn useful when I need to sneeze but can't, just gotta look at the nearest bright light[/QUOTE]

Same here. Works a charm, but only if I'm on the edge of sneezing

[endorphinsam]

is there a way to automatically yawn?

i hate it when i see a person yawn and i have to yawn but.. i cant hold my breath long enough to yawn a good yawn..

[Tmaxx]

i always, ALWAYS, sneeze when i look at the sun. even for a brief fucking second.

[Megatracker]

Shit son I knew it was bright lights. Almost every time I go outside when it's bright I end up sneezing.

[Kuiper]

I'm really glad I'm the other 2/3 of the population, that sounds horribly annoying.

[Tetsmega]

[QUOTE=endorphinsam;45067234]is there a way to automatically yawn?

i hate it when i see a person yawn and i have to yawn but.. i cant hold my breath long enough to yawn a good yawn..[/QUOTE]

Kind of yes. The mouth muscles that re-adjust the pressure in your ears can be consciously moved, so it can simulate yawning, but you never really get that full breath and teary eyed yawning.

[StrawberryClock]

[QUOTE=Binladen34;45068849]I'm really glad I'm the other 2/3 of the population, that sounds horribly annoying.[/QUOTE]

Actually I think it's great. When you're just about to sneeze but can't quite see it through I just look at a light for sweet relief.

[TheTalon]

[QUOTE=Binladen34;45068849]I'm really glad I'm the other 2/3 of the population, that sounds horribly annoying.[/QUOTE]

It isn't like we flip on the light in the morning and instantly sneeze. It only really works when you're about to sneeze but you just can't make it, looking at a light will be that push you needed

[BloodShot12]

Fuck yeah I'm not alone

[Joscpe]

[QUOTE=StrawberryClock;45066684]I KNEW I WASN'T CRAZY! IT'S ACTUALLY A THING![/QUOTE]

Hey, what the fuck man. Spoilers.

[HumanAbyss]

I'm in this 1/3.

It's actually awesome because I can usually get rid of sneezes that are getting stuck in my face by looking at the sun or any bright light briefly or out of the corner of my eye

[Sitkero]

[QUOTE=Tetsmega;45068987]Kind of yes. The mouth muscles that re-adjust the pressure in your ears can be consciously moved, so it can simulate yawning, but you never really get that full breath and teary eyed yawning.[/QUOTE]

If you do that enough you can kinda force a yawn, won't be as good as a natural one, but it kinda works

[BloodShot12]

This doesn't sound awesome

[QUOTE]Response to periocular injection

During surgeries in and around the eye, such as corneal transplant surgery, the patient often requires injection of a local anesthetic into the eye. In patients who show the photic sneeze reflex, an injection into the eye, such as that undergone in a retrobulbar or peribulbar block can often elicit a sneeze from the patient. During these procedures, the patient may be sedated prior to the periocular injection. The patient begins to sneeze just as the needle is inserted into the eye, often resulting in the anesthesiologist having to remove the needle before injecting the local anesthetic in order to avoid damaging the patient's eye.[9][/QUOTE]