In‐ear pulse‐wave analysis is an emerging technique to remotely measure blood flow to the head using infrared light to the posterior auricular branch of the external carotid artery. CBF indicates ...

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS ... head or neck metastasis or recent ear trauma, (6) history of seizures. For participants in the intervention group, the second visit involved ...

The auricular muscles, which enabled our distant ancestors to move their ears for better hearing, activate when people try to ...

If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors listen closely. These auricular muscles helped change the shape of the pinna, or the shell of the ear, funneling ...

Scientists call this feature a “neural fossil”. It’s a remnant of a system that once helped our ancestors pinpoint the ...

An ear wiggler himself, Schröer has collected stories of remarkable ear abilities, such as people who feel their ears moving toward a sound and people who use their ear movements in daily life. “They ...

A new study from Oregon Health & Science University is the first to suggest that binaural pitch fusion—a process that ...

Apple is launching its first earphones that can measure pulse. For months, there has been speculation that the iPhone maker could soon upgrade its AirPods with this feature - but now it is the new ...

It often uses old structures (or ancient genes) for new jobs. The mammalian ear is a perfect example. Over the eons, the jawbones of our fish ancestors became three separate small bones that ...

Microplastics are everywhere – even in the fatty deposits called plaque that can build up in the arteries and cause heart disease and strokes. Now researchers in Italy have found that in people with ...