“A mental state with respect to a situation composed by multiplying two situations equals the sum of mental states for each situation. A mental state with respect to a situation composed by dividing two situations equals the difference between mental states for each situation.” So explain professor Changsoo Shin and colleagues at the Department of […]
Tag: walk
Hip Squeaks
Unfortunately, Ceramic-on-Ceramic (CoC) implants used in Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) can sometimes squeak. The problem has been examined by an Australian team led by Dr. David Owen from the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, The Canberra Hospital, Australia. They report in the European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, 2014 Jan;24(1):57-61. ‘The natural history of […]
Interview with the dinosaur scientist who stuck a stick on a chicken’s butt
The Clinic published an interview [in Spanish] with Bruno Rossi, who (together with colleagues) was awarded the 2015 Ig Nobel Prize for biology, for observing that when you attach a weighted stick to the rear end of a chicken, the chicken then walks in a manner similar to that in which dinosaurs are thought to have walked. […]
Oh: Brief Walks, and Chocolate Eaters
What of walks and chocolate eaters? Oh, maybe this: “Brisk walking reduces ad libitum snacking in regular chocolate eaters during a workplace simulation,” Hwajung Oh [pictured here], Adrian H. Taylor, Appetite, Volume 58, Issue 1, February 2012, Pages 387-392. The authors, at the University of Exeter, UK, report their discovery: “A brief walk may help […]