The auricular muscles, which enabled our distant ancestors to move their ears for better hearing, activate when people try to ...

An ear wiggler himself, Schröer has collected stories of remarkable ear abilities, such as people who feel their ears moving toward a sound and people who use their ear movements in daily life. “They ...

Result: the more demanding the listening task, the more the superior and posterior auricular muscles contracted ... if the participant stops making the effort to listen, the muscle activation ...

The harder the listening task became, the more the ear muscles activated. The superior auricular muscle, which once allowed our distant ancestors to lift their ears, showed significant activity. At ...

"These muscles, particularly the superior auricular muscle, show increased activity during challenging listening tasks," explained Andreas Schröer of Saarland University. Participants were asked ...

In addition, although the superior auricular muscles were not affected by the direction of the sound, they became more active as the listening level increased. The researchers suggest that 'the ...

"These muscles, particularly the superior auricular muscle, exhibit increased activity during effortful listening tasks. This suggests that these muscles are engaged not merely as a reflex but ...

If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors listen closely. These auricular muscles helped change the shape of the pinna, or the shell of the ear, funneling ...

"These muscles, particularly the superior auricular muscle, exhibit increased activity during effortful listening tasks. This suggests that these muscles are engaged not merely as a reflex but ...

These muscles, particularly the superior auricular muscle, exhibit increased activity during effortful listening tasks,” noted Andreas Schröer, the study’s lead scientist. “This suggests that these ...