Locomotion

Miyake et al. (1989) compared Japanese and US-American children’s latency in locomotion towards a toy after their mother’s vocal expression of joy, fear and anger. The reaction time did not differ in conditions for joy and fear. However, reaction time differed in the anger condition with on average .48 seconds before resuming locomotion in the Japanese group and .18 seconds in the American groups. Furthermore, a stop in locomotion was also observed in Hausa children in Africa, when the mother…

of the chip and the technology with them, these fully paralyzed primates on now able to walk, run, jump, and do any sort of maneuvering they please. Scientist leading the study have said that, “This is the first time neurotechnology has restored locomotion in primates.”…

Prior to reading the article, I had never thought much about the external placement, or lack thereof, of the male scrotum. I was sure that it had always been that way, and there was no significant meaning for its placement. However, after reading the article, “The Scrotum is Nuts”, I agree more with the hypothesis of Michael Chance and Roland Frey, “The Galloping Hypothesis”. It is hypothesized that the external placement of the testes was due to the increase abdominal pressure from movement by…

I am beginning to get far too familiar with rat paws. After thirteen weeks of recording the red-eyed Sprague Dawley rats walking across an elevated horizontal ladder, a circular ladder and a treadmill, I am now tasked with spending my days evaluating the quality of their walking ability. The video begins at an angle below the ladder and the rat appears in the frame. It is roaming around, familiarizing itself with its environment and probably searching for its cage mate. As it moves around the…

was not my first choice but I wanted to show specific boundaries of the enclosure. Orangutans are an arboreal species, because of this I used ropes, platforms, and tree-like structures to create an environment that would be conducive to arboreal locomotion and a forest type environment. For the ground covering, I used a soft moss type material keeping in mind males do…

changing variations and influences throughout the decades especially the fifties and sixties. Jazz dance went from shallow imitations with Hindu/oriental inspiration to social dances that started in the African American community such as the jerk,locomotion, the Monkey and more. Gus Giordano, founder/director of the critically acclaimed Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, author, legendary choreographer and one of the fathers of American jazz dance when discussing Modern Jazz described it as,“Is…

C… Calypso: The graceful and energetic moves this female dog shows, makes you wonder if it might not have been a dance instructor in a past life. Cashmere: Cashmere is a cool name for a female with especially good qualities or characteristics. This pooch runs smoothly and you will never find another animal with a softer coat than hers! Caviar: Choose this name for the pure-bred that cost you a lot to buy. This petite pooch is athletic and gorgeous with smart intellect. Perfect for the puppy…

2.) In consideration of the relationship between the Intermembral index and the habitual mode of locomotion for the six different primates, the collected data suggests that the lower the index is, the greater the chance for bipedalism as the “default,” or main movement. Versus a higher index which instead suggests the preferred ability of moving with the arms (e.g. swinging). Moreover, primates with an index closer to a total of 100 appear to assume quadrupedalism. This query can be seen when…

Since the 1859 publication of “On the Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin, the theory of evolution has ignited a tumultuous debate on the genesis of mankind, climaxing in intense confrontations between creationists and evolutionists. Creationists believe in the intelligent-design theory, that life did not arise by chance, but was created by some intelligent entity (God), referencing religious text as evidence. On the contrary, evolutionists believe in Darwinism, that through the process of…

childhood and later adolescence stages in life, but the identity aspects from those stages stem from an earlier age. The initial development of identity along with the importance of preoperational thinking, autonomy, language development, elaboration of locomotion, fantasy play, imitation, and self control is why toddlerhood is the most important psychosocial crisis stage. As children start to progress from infancy to the ages of 2-4 years, they will begin to recognize themselves as a separate…