Some psychologists interpret subtle clues, thus to deepen their understanding of human nature. Here are two examples. “The Clock Is Ticking,” Justin H. Moss and Jon K. Maner [pictured here], Human Nature, epub April 2014. The authors, at Florida State University [Professor Maner has since moved to Northwestern University], explain: The “biological clock” serves as a powerful metaphor that […]
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Ask not for whom the cock crows — Ask for whom the clock goes
Clocks rule cocks, crows this study: “Circadian clock determines the timing of rooster crowing,” Tsuyoshi Shimmura and Takashi Yoshimura, Current Biology, Volume 23, Issue 6, March 18, 2013, pp. R231-R233. The authors, at Nagoya University, Japan, report: “Crowing of roosters is described by onomatopoetic terms such as ‘cock-a-doodle-doo’ (English), ‘ki-ke-ri-ki’ (German), and ‘ko-ke-kok-koh’ (Japanese). Rooster […]
It’s time to watch the human clock video
It’s time to watch the human clock video: [vimeo]41518240[/vimeo] It was created by Edson Oda.
A noisy clock, explained at least sort of
If your clock has a lot of noise — which may not be at all the same thing as if your clock makes a lot of noise — telling time can be a bit involved. A fairly new study describes the situation: “Telling time with an intrinsically noisy clock,” Andrew Mugler, Aleksandra M. Walczak, Chris […]
Digital clock (for those who wood)
Investigator Roberto Lopez alerts us to this wooden digital clock, which is manually operated by many men working together. Click on the image to see it in operation.