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Happy to share our latest study on tickling and play responses in the brain that is out now in @NeuroCellPress! @nataliegloveli @misnaej.
Researchers tickle rats to identify the part of the brain critical for laughter and playfulness. @HumboldtUni Michael Brecht. Below see four ways that rats played with humans or each other in the study.
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RT @NaturePortfolio: Thick, immobile whiskers on an elephant’s trunk may help them to feel and balance objects even though they cannot twit….
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RT @lena_v_kaufmann: proud to present our latest study on Pang Pha, an elephant at the @zooberlin that very skillfully peels bananas. came….
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Sorry, now link works: Your friends are like family to you! But how does your brain see this?.We’re conducting a (paid) fMRI study in Berlin to investigate where family and.friendship are represented in the brain. Fill out this short survey.to take part.
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RT @MarliesOostland: This is going to be great, I am so much looking forward to it! If you are in Amsterdam next week (January 16th) and wa….
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RT @neuroetho: Really happy to talk about play on such a big platform @SfNtweets . Big shoutout to @BrechtLab @Kon_Hart @AnnikaReinhold @mi….
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And we are already set up for the afternoon session at #SfN2022, Elçin Tunçkol will be presenting a poster on fiber counts and architecture of the human dorsal penile nerve, come over and check it out!
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We had a very successful morning poster session at #SfN2022 with @lena_v_kaufmann presenting on elephant facial motor control, come check out our afternoon session as well (details below).
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Proud to present our latest results by @lena_v_kaufmann et al. on the exceptional elephant facial motor nucleus, which shows adaptations to the development of the trunk and differences between African and Asian elephants 🐘.
A new study reveals that elephants have an exceptionally high number of facial neurons—perhaps the most known to any land-dwelling mammal—and scientists are theorizing why.
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RT @bccn_berlin: New "Science Advances" paper @BrechtLab. Trunk dexterity explained: Berlin scientists decipher facial motor control in ele….
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RT @NeNa_conference: That's a wrap on #NeNa2022! Thanks to @BrechtLab , @lena_veit, all attendees and presenters for bringing (#Tübingen) j….
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RT @ShimpeiIshiyama: The more ticklish you feel, the faster and at a higher pitch you laugh. When being tickled, the best way to reduce tic….
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A tickle is a complex sensation: it occurs in response to touch but not unequivocally so, and makes us laugh albeit not when we self-tickle. We quantified human ticklishness by means of physiologic...
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Have you always been wondering how to suppress ticklishness? Are you interested in the science of ticklishness and laughter? You’ll have fun checking this out
royalsocietypublishing.org
A tickle is a complex sensation: it occurs in response to touch but not unequivocally so, and makes us laugh albeit not when we self-tickle. We quantified human ticklishness by means of physiologic...
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You might know that we have a map of our body in the brain, but did you know that the pigs snout representation even looks like the pig snout? 🐽🧠🐷.New study out by the BrechtLab. @bccn_berlin.
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Winter is coming. and for shrews, this means their brains will shrink. literally. Find this exciting story here: @ray_neuro @dehnelseffect @bccn_berlin.
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New paper out! The Vocal pattern generator in the brainstem of the rat seems to consist of two parts, functionally and anatomically distinct. @iScience @Kon_Hart @bccn_berlin .
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RT @emilyjanedennis: did I spend way too much time coming up with a figure for this review? yes. would I do it all over again? also yes :)….
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