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Thick, immobile whiskers on an elephant’s trunk may help them to feel and balance objects even though they cannot twitch in the way that many other mammals’ whiskers do, according to a study published in @CommsBio. go.nature.com/3OX8sjL
Fig. 6: Elephants do not whisk (even during haptic pinching and vacuuming).

ALT Fig. 6: Elephants do not whisk (even during haptic pinching and vacuuming).

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proud to present our latest study on Pang Pha, an elephant at the @zooberlin that very skillfully peels bananas. came out today @CurrentBiology and you can read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.0… 1/
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malav shah@smalav9410 Jan 2023
We published a histological study on elephant trigeminal nervous subsystem last year. On its one-year anniversary, we @BrechtLab present to you doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.1… (0/n)🥳
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This is going to be great, I am so much looking forward to it! If you are in Amsterdam next week (January 16th) and want to attend this symposium on the Neuroscience of Social Behaviour, send me a message and I can forward details.
Shimpei@ShimpeiIshiyama9 Jan 2023
We will be presenting our research on ticklishness and playfulness at the social neuroscience symposium next Monday at the University of Amsterdam. Our fellow presenters include @SarahDagher7, @sbl_nin, and @lena_v_kaufmann. Hosted by @MarliesOostland.
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Really happy to talk about play on such a big platform @SfNtweets . Big shoutout to @BrechtLab @Kon_Hart @AnnikaReinhold @miguelconcham and the amazing work of @bagibence to look at brain states in Hide and Seek!
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New "Science Advances" paper @BrechtLab. Trunk dexterity explained: Berlin scientists decipher facial motor control in elephants and show that the facial motor nucleus contains more facial motor neurons than in any other terrestrial mammal. science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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That's a wrap on #NeNa2022! Thanks to @BrechtLab , @lena_veit, all attendees and presenters for bringing (#Tübingen) junior #neuroscience together for the 23rd time!
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The more ticklish you feel, the faster and at a higher pitch you laugh. When being tickled, the best way to reduce ticklishness is to tickle yourself at the same spot: a rat study proved in humans. Fig. 1 is the 3rd author’s ticklish face. doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.01…

The human tickle response and mechanisms of self-tickle suppression

Abstract. 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 q

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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 :) read it here! osf.io/y5fbq/
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Playing Hide and Seek with Rats! Published in Science with @neuroetho @BrechtLab science.sciencemag.org/conte…
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Open this one up. My most productive analysis break yet.
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Thanks everybody for making it such a fun night #brechthain #FENS2018 @FENSorg @BrechtLab @Nachosi @JeanASim @S__Steinberg
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Postdoc position available in the Larkum and Judkewitz labs: join this collaborative project and use cutting-edge deep imaging technology to study circuits at the bottom of the neocortex. Please RT jlab.berlin/positions-blog/l…
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3rd place!! That's ace! Warum sind wir kitzelig? @fastforwardscience. youtu.be/AkAYdEdIGbk?list=PL… via @YouTube

Warum sind wir kitzelig? (Fast Forward Science 2017)

Das Video beschreibt, warum wir kitzelig sind: Bestimmte Zellen im ...

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