Artist's Statement: Entwined

Entwined engrams

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans displays a surprisingly sophisticated behavioral repertoire that includes the utilization of both associative and non-associative forms of learning. Elucidating the molecular basis of learning remains a fundamental, yet daunting, challenge of modern neuroscience. In Pereira and van der Kooy (ref. 2), we described the use of a two input-two output stimuli syst...

From Kant to entwined Naturalism

Mental Rotation in Artists and Non-artists

This research was conducted to compare visuospatial skills in male and female artists and non-artists. Twenty artists (10 males and 10 females) and 20 non-artists (10 males and 10 females) were tested for accuracy and reaction time in a lateralized three-dimensional mental rotation task. Males had significantly fewer errors than females, which is consistent with previous research, but this main...

Artists' impressions

The recent fuss over one man's ambition to 'make Man in his own image' lends poignancy to Multiplicity, the current exhibition at the Wellcome Trust in London. Timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the arrival of Dolly the cloned sheep, the exhibition presents the reactions of 24 artists to cloning and genetic engineering. Some of the pictures, like Dave Roberts' mixed media 'Blueprin...

Are obesity and left ventricular dysfunction entwined?

Our understanding of left ventricular (LV) function and its description using echocardiographic techniques continues to evolve. From measurement of systolic function by ejection fraction, Tissue Doppler parameters are now used to evaluate systolic and diastolic function in the shortand long axis. However, it is now recognized that LV function also involves twisting or torsion. LV torsion result...