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lanternist

My new favorite genre of cats: frog hat

princesstigerbelle

Incredible

#cuteness overpowered me #im

modely-way

Marchesa S/S 2018 Ready-to-Wear details.

#fashion

businessfish-art

- TRASH BLESSINGS -

A series of pieces based off of common urban fauna with the aim of reminding people of traits in them we could all do well emulating sometimes, and celebrating the ability of nature to carve out a place in any environment.

Interested in seeing these on patches or pins? Please send me a message! If there’s enough interest, I’ll look into the cost of having them made.

[REDBUBBLE COLLECTION] // [COMMISSIONS]

#how do you art

evanbuckleyed

y’all im on the sparknotes twitter and i am losing my goddamn mind

DIY Embroidery Patterns

Emillie Ferris on Etsy

See our #Etsy or #DIY tags

#how do you art

Free SPN Urls! Sorry for disappearing for five years ://

Message me for any of the urls & I’ll free it and message you when done!

choosingfamily

dextiel

castielslastepisode

thedevilwearssammy

thepizzamanandthebabysitter

spookygaycastiel

sassygaylevithan

jimmynovakism

mishacollinsbasement

mishashoulddeliverpizza

moose-sexual

imgonnabecomeahunter

casismydrugdealer

novaksexual

mishayouass

whitecastielburgers

referencescasdoesntunderstand

mooseinabowtie

talkingmoose

hasntbeenhomeinafewdays

righteousangel

fromthepizzaman

angelofthesass

dammyiwantmoresammy

castiel-and-john-5eva

dammyiwantsammy

ughmishacollinswhy

mishacreatedyolo

#supernatural #mine #URLs #Misha Collins

e-fletcher

#oitnb

wearyvoices

Alice in Wonderland (1951) + Scenery

Wasn’t fuckboy a slur similar to cuntboy or did it mean something else

I don’t even know Why is it a meme

thejudge

no. It originated from this image.

#im

biopowerviolence

Once you first start noticing how often men will interrupt or talk over you if you’re a woman you can’t ever stop like every time i have a conversation with a man or participate in a class discussion i notice it and it’s honestly my biggest irritant

samims420-deactivated

notice it and stop it. don’t let them talk over you. if they start, do not stop what you are saying and look them straight in the eye until they do. it should not be tolerated

Why Wet Feels Wet: Understanding the Illusion of Wetness

Human sensitivity to wetness plays a role in many aspects of daily life. Whether feeling humidity, sweat or a damp towel, we often encounter stimuli that feel wet. Though it seems simple, feeling that something is wet is quite a feat because our skin does not have receptors that sense wetness. The concept of wetness, in fact, may be more of a “perceptual illusion” that our brain evokes based on our prior experiences with stimuli that we have learned are wet.

So how would a person know if he has sat on a wet seat or walked through a puddle? Researchers at Loughborough University and Oxylane Research proposed that wetness perception is intertwined with our ability to sense cold temperature and tactile sensations such as pressure and texture. They also observed the role of A-nerve fibers—sensory nerves that carry temperature and tactile information from the skin to the brain—and the effect of reduced nerve activity on wetness perception. Lastly, they hypothesized that because hairy skin is more sensitive to thermal stimuli, it would be more perceptive to wetness than glabrous skin (e.g., palms of the hands, soles of the feet), which is more sensitive to tactile stimuli.

Davide Filingeri et al. exposed 13 healthy male college students to warm, neutral and cold wet stimuli. They tested sites on the subjects’ forearms (hairy skin) and fingertips (glabrous skin). The researchers also performed the wet stimulus test with and without a nerve block. The nerve block was achieved by using an inflatable compression (blood pressure) cuff to attain enough pressure to dampen A-nerve sensitivity.

They found that wet perception increased as temperature decreased, meaning subjects were much more likely to sense cold wet stimuli than warm or neutral wet stimuli. The research team also found that the subjects were less sensitive to wetness when the A-nerve activity was blocked and that hairy skin is more sensitive to wetness than glabrous skin. These results contribute to the understanding of how humans interpret wetness and present a new model for how the brain processes this sensation.

“Based on a concept of perceptual learning and Bayesian perceptual inference, we developed the first neurophysiological model of cutaneous wetness sensitivity centered on the multisensory integration of cold-sensitive and mechanosensitive skin afferents,” the research team wrote. “Our results provide evidence for the existence of a specific information processing model that underpins the neural representation of a typical wet stimulus.”

The article “Why wet feels wet? A neurophysiological model of human cutaneous wetness sensitivity” is published in the Journal of Neurophysiology.

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#cool stuff