SOCIAL HUMANOID ROBOTS

Viputheshwar Sitaraman Founder, Blogger Draw Science.

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Xiao, Y., Zhang, Z., Beck, A., Yuan, J., & Thalmann, D. (2014). Human-robot interaction by understanding upper body gestures. Presence, 23(2), 133-154. Full Text

MIND-CONTROLLED PROSTHETICS

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Collinger, J., Wodlinger, B., Downey, J., Wang, W., Tyler-Kabara, E., Weber, D., McMorland, A., Velliste, M., Boninger, M., & Schwartz, A. (2013). High-performance neuroprosthetic control by an individual with tetraplegia The Lancet, 381 (9866), 557-564 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61816-9

SLEEP AND LIFE

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Troxel WM (2010). It's more than sex: exploring the dyadic nature of sleep and implications for health. Psychosomatic medicine, 72 (6), 578-86 PMID: 20467000 [Full Text (PDF)]

Putilov, A., Donskaya, O., & Verevkin, E. (2015). How many diurnal types are there? A search for two further “bird species” Personality and Individual Differences, 72, 12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.08.003 [Full Text (HTML)]

Wang, C., Sun, Y., & Zang, H. (2014). Music therapy improves sleep quality in acute and chronic sleep disorders: A meta-analysis of 10 randomized studies International Journal of Nursing Studies, 51 (1), 51-62 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.03.008

HOTTER, SMARTER, BETTER BRAINS.

Viputheshwar Sitaraman Founder, Blogger Draw Science.

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James F. Gillooly (2013). Hotter is Smarter: The temperature-dependence of brain size in vertebrates PeerJ : 10.7287/peerj.preprints.155v1 [Full Text (PDF)]
Wright KP Jr, Hull JT, & Czeisler CA (2002). Relationship between alertness, performance, and body temperature in humans. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 283 (6) PMID: 12388468 [Full Text (PDF)]