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Why We Get Goosebumps

Goosebumps arise when tiny muscles around hair follicles contract, causing the hair to stand on end. Learn what triggers them and when they may be cause for concern.
Coordinated eye-body movements are essential for adaptive behavior, yet little is known about how multisensory input, particularly chemosensory cues, shapes this coordination. Using our enhanced ...
Pupil dilation provides a physiological readout of information gain during the brain's internal process of belief updating in the context of associative learning.