A new study about faces implies than an old study about faces (which we wrote about way back when) should not be taken at face value: “Lack of Support for the Association between Facial Shape and Aggression: A Reappraisal Based on a Worldwide Population Genetics Perspective,” Jorge Gómez-Valdés, Tábita Hünemeier, Mirsha Quinto-Sánchez, Carolina Paschetta, Soledad […]
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Rotate Your Owl [demo + music]
Rotate your owl, with or without music: [HT investigator Mary Ellen Kovich] BONUS: For background, see the study: “THE VESTIBULAR SYSTEM OF THE OWL,” K.E. Money and M.J. Correia, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, Volume 42, Issue 2, 1 June 1972, Pages 353–354, IN3–IN5, 355–358. Abstract: Owls have a curious variability in the postrotatory head nystagmus […]
Use-Your-Head Research Photo of the Week
This week’s Use-Your-Head Research Photo shows Rosie Twomey of the University of Brighton engaging in “TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) to initiate a muscular response.” Twomey’s graduate work centers on “Investigation into the Neurophysiological determinants of fatigue in graded hypoxia.” The photo is from BBC-Two’s Horizon program. The head is credited to Michael Mosley.
Whiskers-Tracking in Videos of Head Fixed Rodents
This month’s Head Fixed Rodents Whisker-Tracking Study of the month is: “Automated Tracking of Whiskers in Videos of Head Fixed Rodents,” Nathan G. Clack [pictured, whiskered, here], Daniel H. O’Connor, Daniel Huber, Leopoldo Petreanu, Andrew Hires, Simon Peron, Karel Svoboda, Eugene W. Myers [pictured, whiskerless, here], PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 8, no. 7, 2012, e1002591. The […]