• NCBI ROFL: It was as big as my head, I swear! Biased spider size estimation in spider phobia. | Discoblog

    Updated: 2012-02-29 00:00:39
    : , . Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS NCBI ROFL : Probing pooch paw . preferences NCBI ROFL : It was as big as my head , I swear Biased spider size estimation in spider . phobia The current study tested the association between fear and perception in spider phobic individuals n=57 within the context of a treatment outcome study . Participants completed 5 post-treatment Behavioral Approach Tasks BATs in which they encountered a live spider and were asked to provide spider size estimates . Consistent with predictions , results indicated that high levels of fear were associated with magnified perception of phobic

  • Bat’s Very Strange-Looking Nose May Be Used For Echolocation | 80beats

    Updated: 2012-02-27 18:01:30
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Study : Raindrops Take Energy Out of Air Can Women Grow More Eggs Stem Cells That Might Lead to Fresh Eggs Discovered in Humans Bat’s Very Strange-Looking Nose May Be Used For Echolocation Whatcha looking at This is just my . face This new leaf-nosed bat species was recently discovered in Vietnam . What’s with the strange nose Scientists think that its protuberances and indentations help the bat in echolocation . Come to think of it , it does kind of resemble another excellent sound detector : the inside a cat’s ear As strange as the  Hipposideros griffini’s  nose is , it’s

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