From mammalian #mastication to specialized #jaw movements in fishes and #tongue-driven processing in amphibians, vertebrates show remarkable diversity in food processing. In a new Biological Reviews paper, co-authored by @UAFunMorph PhD student @MajaMielke , Daniel Schwarz et al. synthesize this diversity and propose a unified terminology and conceptual framework for oropharyngeal food processing. 🦁🐟🐸🦎🐦
Read more here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/brv.70129

the Wave, Gustave Courbet

I had Mysterons by Portishead stuck in my head all day, and I struggled to find an image that matched the feel of that song. I found a few but I this is my favorite. I think it's the darkness of the hour, and the relentless crashing of waves, and the fading feeling of the sky.

All... for nothing...
It's like that sometimes. The colors in this are amazing.

@art #art #mysterons #waves #endless #mastication #reverie

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: "𝑬𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒉" -

Another sketch in the life of Esmond Ring and his hyper-sensitive ears.

“It is as if the body, the flesh of pubescence around him, the skin of slow-decay in adults, asserts itself.”

https://waywordsstudio.com/fiction/esmond-and-flesh/

#fiction #sketch #shortfiction #food #mastication #hearing #1970s #childhood

Frontiers | Effect of chewing hard material on boosting brain antioxidant levels and enhancing cognitive function

Frontiers
Manger trop vite : attention aux troubles digestifs et à une sensation de satiété perturbée

Aérophagie, indigestion… manger vite est source d’inconforts divers. Surtout, cela perturbe l’envoi au cerveau des signaux qui orchestrent le processus de digestion et la sensation de satiété.

The Conversation

@isaacfreeman works for me! It’s like “chewing the fat”

#mastication

@voice @fheinderyckx

I mean, #Mastication is right there. Unfortunately, it's not quite obvious enough that it's about Com.