Hackley says, as the listening task got easier and harder, the researchers saw changes in the signals to one particular ear muscle. HACKLEY: The muscle that lifts the ear upwards, that perks the ...

A “useless” muscle that allows some people to wiggle their ears actually activates when we strain to hear something. Our ape ancestors lost the ability to pivot their ears when they diverged ...

“Investigating the possible effects of muscle strain itself or the ear’s miniscule movements on the transmission of sound is something we want to do in the future,” said Schröer.

Does this increased muscle activity help modern humans hear better? Probably not. "The ear movements that we have been studying are probably too tiny to have any effect on hearing," Hackley said.

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"There are three large muscles [that] connect the auricle [the outer ear] to the skull and scalp. These muscles, particularly the superior auricular muscle, exhibit increased activity during ...

The Pelicans guard suffered the season-ending injury in Friday's loss against Boston. Tim Reynolds | The Associated Press Dejounte Murray hobbled off the court under his own power but needed help ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- An injury-marred first season with the Pelicans ended for guard Dejounte Murray on Friday night (Jan. 31), when he ruptured his right Achilles tendon while playing against Boston.