How did the bodies of animals, including ours, become such fine-tuned movement machines? This paper cuts directly into critical debates about how the ancient spinal cord and the relatively new human ...
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Humans have a strange reflex that no other primate has—and it might be a leftover from ancient fear
A car backfires, and your shoulders jump. A shadow moves, and your eyes fly open before your brain catches up. That dramatic flash of white sclera around widened eyes feels automatic because it is.
Vipers execute strikes in a mere 40-90 milliseconds, significantly faster than human visual or spinal reflexes. These ballistic, pre-programmed movements, powered by specialized muscles and hinged ...
In a viral video on Instagram posted by Scienceboy, a dead fish with its body split open and its insides removed is placed ...
What is the acoustic reflex? When a loud sound stimulus is presented to the ear, there is a reflexive contraction of the minute muscles that are connected to the ossicles in the Middle Ear. When these ...
How did the bodies of animals, including ours, become such fine-tuned movement machines? How vertebrates coordinate the eternal tug-o-war between involuntary reflexes and seamless voluntary movements ...
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