Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? by Verstynen Timothy Voytek Bradley

Author:Verstynen, Timothy, Voytek, Bradley
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

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1 Though we would contend that this is less communication and more a reflection of intact procedural memory from an older, well-trained police officer zombie requesting backup in an emergency situation, as we discuss in Chapter 10.

2 That is unless, of course, he’s being a jerk and pulling a prank, but let’s assume that there is in fact a zombie present in this situation.

3 This is named after the man who first described it, Richard Ladislaus Heschl (1824–1881), and should not to be mixed up with Hershel, the one-legged farmer from The Walking Dead.

4 As an aside, we highly recommend reading more about Galambos’s research life as he was a wildly fascinating guy (for example, his autobiography chapter in The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography). In his autobiography he tells the story about a research project he conducted in 1942 in response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Galambos and hearing researcher Hallowell “Hal” Davis were asked to “find out how much and what kind of sound it takes to injure or incapacitate a man” (p. 191):

In the summer of 1942, Hal sent the two of us to Woods Hole to find out whether underwater explosions are hazardous for the ears. Some physicists were exploding bombs in the harbor there, and we were supposed to jump in and have our heads submerged when this happened. We spent several beautiful summer days taking turns jumping off the pier at the Oceanographic Institute. The plan required comparing before and after audiograms, and we began with blasting caps detonated at 50 feet or so. When we detected no losses following detonations so close that we were afraid we might be wounded by shrapnel, we began jumping in when the blasters signaled a bomb of theirs was about to go off. They supplied us with pressure data from their sensors, and I recall really impressive shock waves compressing my body, but neither of us ever recorded a hearing loss.

5 Well, “grün,” because he was German after all.

6 Historical side note: Tan could actually say many other things. However, they were all just vulgar profanities. Apparently French neurological societies frowned upon the idea of naming him Patient “Foutre!”

7 But let’s face it, would you really want to sign a peace treaty with something that literally has nothing to live for?

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