133 research outputs found
The role of human body movements in mate selection
No full textIt is common scientific knowledge, that most of what we say within a conversation is not only expressed by the words meaning alone, but also through our gestures, postures, and body movements. This non-verbal mode is possibly rooted firmly in our human evolutionary heritage, and as such, some scientists argue that it serves as a fundamental assessment and expression tool for our inner qualities. Studies of nonverbal communication have established that a universal, culture-free, non-verbal sign system exists, that is available to all individuals for negotiating social encounters. Thus, it is not only the kind of gestures and expressions humans use in social communication, but also the way these movements are performed, as this seems to convey key information about an individuals quality. Dance, for example, is a special form of movement, which can be observed in human courtship displays. Recent research suggests that people are sensitive to the variation in dance movements, and that dance performance provides information about an individuals mate quality in terms of health and strength. This article reviews the role of body movement in human non-verbal communication, and highlights its significance in human mate preferences in order to promote future work in this research area within the evolutionary psychology framework
Male faces and bodies: Evidence of a condition-dependent ornament of quality
No full textThornhill and Grammer (1999) have argued that certain facial and bodily features in women serve as ‘honest’ signals of their reproductive quality and that these features comprise a single condition-dependent ornament. Here we test whether the hypothesis that male faces and bodies also comprise such a sexual ornament. Photographs of faces and bodies (front and back views) of 43 males subjects were rated independently by a total of 78 female volunteers in terms of ‘attractiveness’, ‘masculinity’, and ‘dominance’. Ratings of male faces correlated significantly positively with the same ratings of their bodies. Thus, if a face was rated as being attractive, dominant and masculine, then the body was rated in the equivalent manner. Males who possess attractive, masculine, and dominant looking faces also possess attractive, masculine, and dominant looking bodies, probably because of similar patterns of underlying proximate mechanisms that affect their development
Pataphysics
No full textThis is an historical research project tracing the influence of ‘pataphysics on music from the 19th century onwards. While the presentation format of the research may be unusual (in keeping with the subject-matter) there are a number of important new findings, for example the world’s first silent composition, a new piece by The Soft Machine and Hugill’s ‘Nicholas Through the Mist’ (2003). Hugill’s paper ‘Technologies musicales imaginaries: une etude’, given at Université de la Sorbonne, Paris, in 2005, explores these further.
Although ‘pataphysics began as a literary idea in the plays and other writings of Alfred Jarry (1873-1907), it has also had a considerable impact on both visual arts and music. Much of this comes from anti-reason and the primacy of imagination that have dominated some of French intellectual life since the emergence of Dada. This has led to a rise in absurdism, conceptual art and, more recently, counter-cultural tendencies that are in experimentalism, digital arts and electronica. The author has had privileged access to certain pataphysical materials and explicit permission to reproduce some of them for the first time.
There are three main musical traditions that emerge: fine-art influenced experimental music (Allais, Duchamp, Bryars, Matta, Salley); ‘left-field’ popular music (Vian, Lennon, Soft Machine, Gullibloon); and music influenced by literature and literary techniques (Etienne, Hobbs, Inigo, Drever, Battier, Hugill). These traditions interconnect and influence one another in various ways. One particularly interesting aspect is the experimental use of technology, from the early music machines of Grainger and Dubuffet, through tape composition by Soft Machine and Luc Etienne, to the contemporary electroacoustic manipulations of Battier, Inigo, Hugill and the rest.
This CD/booklet has been extensively reviewed in Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Copies of the reviews are enclosed with the CD submission
Haul away on de Alabamy bo'line
No full textBoat hauling song.Mercer, 131; Hugill, SSS (1961): 353-361. Alternative titles given - variations on Mercer. Fowke, FH Index: 42 (2/10/46)
A scrape-off layer based model for Hugill-Greenwald type density limits
No full textIn present tokamaks the density limit is observed to coincide with complete divertor detachment. This paper presents a scrape-off layer based model for this ''detachment limit''. Emphasis is placed on understanding the power independent, 1/q-type scaling (Hugill-Greenwald type scaling) observed in many divertor machines. A simple analytical model for the SOL, complemented by dimensional considerations on gas targets, is used to describe the underlying mechanism and derive scalings for the critical density. Physically, the power independent regime is associated with an intermediate transverse neutral collisionality in the divertor. Extensive B2-EIRENE studies were conducted to verify the analytical considerations. Computational results are compared with experimental findings on JET. Possible ways to access the power dependent regime are discussed. (orig.)33 refs.Available from TIB Hannover: RA 71(5/70) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman
We're homeward bound and I love that sound
No full textMercer, 133; Hugill SSS (1961): 120-123. Alternative title "Goodbye, Fare-ye-well". See also: Henry (1923-39):1238-39, "I'm Going Home"
Now we are a-sailing down the wild Irish sea
No full textMercer, 147; see Laws, NAB: 167 D12 and D13: "The Dom Pedro", and "The Dreadnaught"; Hugill, SSS (1961): 464-469. Alternative titles: "The Flash Packet" and "The Dreadnaught". Henry, (1923-39): 1240. Alternative title: "The Zared"; Fowke, FH Index: "The Dreadnaught" (22/7/25; 24/3/48; 10/5/56); Creighton MFS, 140: "Banks of Newfoundland"
Voices from the Past: compositional approaches to using recorded speech
No full textThis paper investigates some of the ways in which composers and sound artists have used recordings of speech, especially in works mediated by technology. It will consider this within a wider context of spoken word, text composition and performance-based genres such as sound poetry. It will attempt to categorise some of the compositional techniques that may be used to work with speech, make specific reference to archive and oral history material and attempt to draw some conclusions
Integrating body movement into attractiveness research
No full textPeople judge attractiveness and make trait inferences from the physical appearance of others, and research reveals high agreement among observers making such judgments. Evolutionary psychologists have argued that interest in physical appearance and beauty reflects adaptations that motivate the search for desirable qualities in a potential partner. Although men more than women value the physical appearance of a partner, appearance universally affects social perception in both sexes. Most studies of attractiveness perceptions have focused on third party assessments of static representations of the face and body. Corroborating evidence suggests that body movement, such as dance, also conveys information about mate quality. Here we review evidence that dynamic cues (e.g., gait, dance) also influence perceptions of mate quality, including personality traits, strength, and overall attractiveness. We recommend that attractiveness research considers the informational value of body movement in addition to static cues, to present an integrated perspective on human social perception
Auto/biographical method and its potential to contribute to nursing research
No full textAim To discuss the potential contribution of ‘auto/ biography’ to nursing research.
Background Auto/biographical research approaches involve researchers reflexively recognising that their intellectual and personal biographies are inseparable from the way that they conduct research, from defining research topics and questions and deciding on methods to conducting the research, analysing data and determining findings.
Discussion This paper focuses on the components of auto/biography and considers the usefulness and downsides of incorporating it into research. The author explains how greater recognition of the effects of self on research and vice versa is important when aiming to produce transparent, accountable knowledge.
Implications for research/practice Nurse researchers should be encouraged to engage in the process of reflexivity in a way that acknowledges the effects of their personal and intellectual life stories on their research. This will help them develop more nuanced and accountable research records
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