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15th Mar 2010

Mind Reading and Moody Octopodes


Chris Smith
Helen Scales
Octopus vulgaris

This week; we hear about octopodes having temper tantrums when exposed to HDTV,  explore why some people are genetically wired to feel more pain and how eyeless scorpions are not stuck down an evolutionary blind alley.  Plus, how scientists can use a brain scanner to see what you're imagining in your mind’s eye!
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(c) Albert Kok

Octopus mood swings revealed in high definition

Pushing a high definition TV screen up to the side of an octopus’s aquarium tank and showing them images of crabs and other octopuses, scientists have revealed these intelligent marine creatures can undergo major mood swings ranging from glum to excitable and aggressive.  ...
(c) René Descartes, Traite de l'homme (Treatise of Man) 1664

Pain perception under genetic influence

Cambridge researchers have identified gene sequences that make some people feel more pain.
(c) Jonbeebe at wikipedia

Eyeless scorpion isn't stuck down a blind alley

Eyeless scorpions living in deep inside caves in Mexico have returned to light and regained the ability to see, showing that a specialized way of life is not always an evolutionary blind alley...

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