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General Science / Re: WHY DO WE STICK OUT TONGUES OUT
« on: 27/02/2016 18:19:27 »
I would conjecture it's an instinctive means of reducing lingual and labial 'subvocalization' that might interfere with a problem for which a language-driven procedure might misdirect from a solution; likewise holding the breath momentarily at some critical point in the problem. Speech production has been recognized of late as a feedback loop system, not merely a brain-to-mouth output affair. Jamming the actual motor movement and swamping the inputs with sensory feedback from the lips, tongue, jaw, and pulmonary muscles and/or surfaces should prevent feedback.
Do animals, say dogs, put their tongues out, in solving a problem? If so, the answer may not lie in the above hypothesis.
I would also agree that it may be a signal to not be interrupted, and perhaps the quick raising of the hand as a further signal may be instinctive, and cross-cultural.
Do animals, say dogs, put their tongues out, in solving a problem? If so, the answer may not lie in the above hypothesis.
I would also agree that it may be a signal to not be interrupted, and perhaps the quick raising of the hand as a further signal may be instinctive, and cross-cultural.
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