Author: Howard Glicksman
When You Don’t Have Time to Think: Reflexes
A reflex is an involuntary, pre-programmed, automatic motor response.
A Sense of Balance: Understanding the Vestibular Apparatus
Common sense teaches that without this special sense our earliest ancestors could never have survived.
Can You Hear Me Now? Good, Then Thank Your Irreducibly Complex Ears
Hearing is a mystery that nobody, not even evolutionary biologists, understands.
The Mystery of Vision
Without the right refractive power or eyeball diameter our earliest ancestors would have been as blind as bats.
The Neuromuscular System: Your Body’s Balancing Act
Let’s look at some of the ways the body acquires the information it needs about its external and internal environment.