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Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

Sperm whale head

April 5, 2016

Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

A new study addresses a controversial hypothesis regarding the potential ramming function of the sperm whale’s head, something which was instrumental in inspiring Herman Melville to write the novel Moby Dick.

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April 5, 2016

Impaired emotion recognition is linked to alexithymia in heroin addicts

Giuseppe Craparo, Alessio Gori, Stefano Dell’Aera, Giulia Costanzo, Silvia Fasciano, Antonia Tomasello, Carmelo M. Vicario

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1864 PubMed 27069803

April 18, 2016

Does cognitive flexibility predict treatment gains in Internet-delivered psychological treatment of social anxiety disorder, depression, or tinnitus?

Philip Lindner, Per Carlbring, Erik Flodman, Amanda Hebert, Stephanie Poysti, Filip Hagkvist, Robert Johansson, Vendela Zetterqvist Westin, Thomas Berger, Gerhard Andersson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1934 PubMed 27114881

April 25, 2016

Diversity improves performance in excitable networks

Leonardo L. Gollo, Mauro Copelli, James A. Roberts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1912 PubMed 27168961

April 4, 2016

Blink and you’ll miss it: the role of blinking in the perception of magic tricks

Richard J. Wiseman, Tamami Nakano

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1873 PubMed 27069808

April 25, 2016

PKC in motorneurons underlies self-learning, a form of motor learning in Drosophila

Julien Colomb, Björn Brembs