http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3395 ShellyR Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:09:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3395 Wow. Impressive stuff. I have enough trouble staying alert after a few hours. Wow. Impressive stuff. I have enough trouble staying alert after a few hours.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3394 jim Wed, 06 May 2009 14:45:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3394 Lilian: In an Iain M. Banks book (Consider Phlebas, I think) there was a character who'd been surgically altered so that he slept with one half of his brain at a time. The description even touched on the personality changes he went through as his left or right brain slept, but I don't recall that that was a major plot point (or it might have been more subtle than I noticed at the time). Lilian: In an Iain M. Banks book (Consider Phlebas, I think) there was a character who’d been surgically altered so that he slept with one half of his brain at a time. The description even touched on the personality changes he went through as his left or right brain slept, but I don’t recall that that was a major plot point (or it might have been more subtle than I noticed at the time).

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3393 MattK Wed, 06 May 2009 14:21:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3393 Reading the abstract it looks like it is a review article. Reading the abstract it looks like it is a review article.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3392 CHCh Wed, 06 May 2009 02:54:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3392 Excellent post, but I find the research utterly unsurprising. We know that dolphins have unihemispheric sleep, and unless the tasks required both hemispheres, who on earth would have predicted a decrement? one hemisphere can sleep while the other performs the task. it's a clear "strawman hypothesis," i think. Excellent post, but I find the research utterly unsurprising. We know that dolphins have unihemispheric sleep, and unless the tasks required both hemispheres, who on earth would have predicted a decrement? one hemisphere can sleep while the other performs the task. it’s a clear “strawman hypothesis,” i think.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3391 Lilian Nattel Tue, 05 May 2009 20:58:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3391 I need to learn that brain trick. Very cool. I need to learn that brain trick. Very cool.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3390 flipperfan Mon, 04 May 2009 17:38:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3390 Brilliant! Dolphins never cease to impress. Brilliant! Dolphins never cease to impress.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3389 Karrasko Mon, 04 May 2009 15:44:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3389 Once again congratulations for your post. If you're more interested in dolphins, check this out: <a href="http://www.dolphin-institute.org/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.dolphin-institute.org/index.htm</a> <a href="http://esns.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://esns.blogspot.com/</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/ESS_BILBAO" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/ESS_BILBAO</a> Once again congratulations for your post. If you’re more interested in dolphins, check this out: http://www.dolphin-institute.org/index.htm
http://esns.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/ESS_BILBAO

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3388 Ed Yong Mon, 04 May 2009 14:36:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3388 Heh. See this classic Onion article: <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28315" rel="nofollow">Dolphins Evolve Opposable Thumbs. 'Oh, Shit,' Says Humanity</a>. I love the second picture. Heh. See this classic Onion article: Dolphins Evolve Opposable Thumbs. ‘Oh, Shit,’ Says Humanity. I love the second picture.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3387 Ranson Mon, 04 May 2009 14:27:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/04/dolphins-stay-alert-after-five-straight-days-of-round-the-clock-vigilance/#comment-3387 It's always said jokingly, but I have to repeat it; if these guys had thumbs, they'd take us down in a heartbeat. It’s always said jokingly, but I have to repeat it; if these guys had thumbs, they’d take us down in a heartbeat.

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