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lunedì 27 febbraio 2023
# life: a proposito di bizzarri scenari, qui una transizione 'a gradino' di ipotetico scenario22
sabato 4 dicembre 2021
# life: apropos of 'dancing at a fixed point'
martedì 5 novembre 2019
# behav: adaptive synchronizations; the tendency to anticipate during auditory rhythms
sabato 10 agosto 2019
# behav: the sophisticated dance of the sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita eleonora)
<< Spontaneous movement to music occurs in every human culture and is a foundation of dance. This response to music is absent in most species (including monkeys), yet it occurs in parrots, perhaps because they (like humans, and unlike monkeys) are vocal learners whose brains contain strong auditory–motor connections, conferring sophisticated audiomotor processing abilities. >>
AA << report that a sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita eleonora) responds to music with remarkably diverse spontaneous movements employing a variety of body parts, and suggest why parrots share this response with humans. >>
R. Joanne Jao Keehn, John R. Iversen, et al. Spontaneity and diversity of movement to music are not uniquely human. Current Biology. Volume 29, Issue 13, PR621-R622. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.035. Jul 08, 2019. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30604-9
Ed Yong. Not a Human, but a Dancer. What Snowball the parrot’s spontaneous moves teach us about ourselves. Jul 8, 2019 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/what-snowball-dancing-parrot-tells-us-about-dance/593428/
Also
"Dance", in "Notes"
https://inkpi.blogspot.com/search?q=dance
"Dance", in "FonT"
mercoledì 3 maggio 2017
# s-phys: a fuzzy matter: dancing with fuzzy multistate haloes, a hypothesis.
<< the fuzzy dark matter model may be a viable alternative to cold dark matter >>
Is dark matter 'fuzzy'? April 28, 2017.
https://m.phys.org/news/2017-04-dark-fuzzy.html
<< One alternative to the cold dark matter (CDM) paradigm is the scalar field dark matter (SFDM) model >>
<< If the dark matter is indeed an ultra-light boson, our results imply that the DM [dark matter] haloes of galaxies and galaxy clusters may not be fully BEC [Bose-Einstein condensates ] systems. In contrast, agreement with observations at different mass scales is achievable for multistate SFDM configurations >>
Tula Bernal, Victor H. Robles and Tonatiuh Matos. Scalar field dark matter in clusters of galaxies. arXiv:1609.08644v3 [astro-ph.CO] 30 Apr 2017. Preprint 2nd May 2017.
domenica 4 dicembre 2016
# s-behav: the regular chaotic of wild flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) dancers
<< Flamingos are very good dancers. They twist and preen, they scratch their heads, they march in unison. >>
Nicholas Bakalar. Flamingo Mating Rules: 1. Learn the Funky Chicken. Nov. 28, 2016.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/science/flamingos-dancing-sexual-display.html
Charlotte Perrot, Arnaud Bechet, et al. Sexual display complexity varies non-linearly with age and predicts breeding status in greater flamingos. Nature. Scientific Reports 6 (2016); Article number: 36242. doi: 10.1038/srep36242
martedì 1 novembre 2016
# s-behav: the intricate performance (dancing and singing) of a jumping spider
AA << present behavioral and neurophysiological evidence that [Jumping spiders (Salticidae)] perceive and respond to airborne acoustic stimuli, even when the distance between the animal and the sound source is relatively large (∼3 m) and with stimulus amplitudes at the position of the spider of ∼65 dB sound pressure level (SPL) >>
<< Behavioral experiments with the jumping spider Phidippus audax reveal that these animals respond to low-frequency sounds (80 Hz; 65 dB SPL) by freezing—a common anti-predatory behavior characteristic of an acoustic startle response >>
<< Neurophysiological recordings from auditory-sensitive neural units in the brains of these jumping spiders showed responses to low-frequency tones (80 Hz at ∼65 dB SPL)—recordings that also represent the first record of acoustically responsive neural units in the jumping spider brain. Responses persisted even when the distances between spider and stimulus source exceeded 3 m and under anechoic conditions. >>
Paul S. Shamble, Gil Menda, et al.
Airborne Acoustic Perception by a Jumping Spider. Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.041 Publ. Oct. 13, 2016
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30985-X
Jaymi Heimbuch. Jumping spider males dance and sing ... Oct. 4, 2016.
FonT: sarebbe interessante valutare se e quanto tempo prima la struttura neuroacustica del Phidippus audax sia in grado di percepire e discriminare le basse freq dei movimenti tellurici profondi che successivamente manifesteranno macro episodi di superficie (earthquake).
also:
Richard A. Lovett. Scientists Seek Foolproof Signal to Predict Earthquakes. National Geographic News. Jan. 5, 2013
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/01/04-earthquakees-defy-prediction-efforts/
Vanessa Bates Ramirez. Earthquakes Will Be as Predictable as Hurricanes Thanks to AI. Sep 27, 2016
http://singularityhub.com/2016/09/27/earthquakes-will-be-as-predictable-as-hurricanes-thanks-to-ai
sabato 14 maggio 2016
# s-behav: the beetle Carabaeus lamarcki, dancer and sky analyzer
<< beetles use the light of the Milky Way to navigate in the world >>
<< when the beetles dance on top of a ball of dung, they simultaneously take a photograph - a snapshot - of how celestial bodies are positioned. Then they know where they are going and roll off with their ball of dung in a straight line across the savannah >>
When dung beetles dance, they photograph the firmament. Lund University, 12 May 2016.
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=164092&CultureCode=en
<< This is a dung beetle (Carabaeus lamarcki) dancing on top of its ball while reading the sky >> image, caption.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160512125422.htm
Basil el Jundi, James J. Foster, et al. A Snapshot-Based Mechanism for Celestial Orientation. Current Biology, 2016, in press.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.030
FonT: l'immagine della blatta sulla sua pallina di sterco che danza e contemporaneamente, attraverso la danza, fotografa la volta celeste per orientarsi e' davvero suggestiva, poetica; mi ricorda un'altra immagine:
<< ... trasformati in uno scarabeo stercorario gigante >>
di Salman Rushdie ("I romanzi e la vita [..] Il mito di Proteo". La Rep., 16/06/2006, pp. 48-9) dalla quale avevo composto una breve rima (quasistocastica):
2022 - si risvegliano stercorari
Saturday, June 17, 2006
http://inkpi.blogspot.it/2006/06/2022-si-risvegliano-stercorari.html
sabato 27 febbraio 2016
# n-ethno: dancing to the tailored predat ... solution
<< A number of recent studies suggest that dressing up for work in a suit or blazer could do wonders for an employee’s productivity, whether going into a negotiation, making a sales call or even participating in a videoconference with business associates >>
Ray A. Smith. Why Dressing for Success Leads to Success New research shows that when workers wear nicer clothes, they achieve more. Feb. 21, 2016 10:05 p.m. ET
http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-dressing-for-success-leads-to-success-1456110340
<< Wearing more formal clothing was associated with higher action identification level (Study 1) and greater category inclusiveness (Study 2). Putting on formal clothing induced greater category inclusiveness (Study 3) and enhanced a global processing advantage (Study 4). The association between clothing formality and abstract processing was mediated by felt power (Study 5). The findings demonstrate that the nature of an everyday and ecologically valid experience, the clothing worn, influences cognition broadly, impacting the processing style that changes how objects, people, and events are construed. >>
Michael L. Slepian, Simon N. Ferber, et al. The Cognitive Consequences of Formal Clothing. Social Psychological and Personality Science August 2015 vol. 6 no. 6 661-668. doi: 10.1177/1948550615579462
http://m.spp.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/04/02/1948550615579462.short