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Why do we get goosebumps?
Goosebumps are firstly a
reaction to cold. The autonomic nervous system stimulates the muscles
in the
hair follicles, and they contract in order to erect the hairs. more... |
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What is so interesting about goosebumps?
Goosebumps result from
poignant and often memorable emotional experiences. If we knew more
about the
common factors in these situations, we would be closer to an
understanding of
the emotional underpinnings of life. more... |
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Recording goosebumps
A project which we first
started in Graz and are presently developing, in
our
emotion lab at Kiel university, is a goosebump detection system. more... |
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From skin pictures to quantitative goosebump analysis
The skin pictures taken by the recording
system are
analyzed in terms of a
two-dimensional Fourier transform. more... |
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