Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week.
- "Whether it's a raised eyebrow or curl of the lip, we usually think of emotions as conveyed through facial expressions and body language," writes BPS Research Digest's Christian Jarrett. But, how well can we communicate emotions purely through touch?
- A great explainer post from the Neurobites blog. Exploring Phobias in the Brain. An Introduction.
- Can fruit flies use their antennae to sense temperature? The answer seems to be yes, and the HighMag blog has the pictures to prove it.
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