Stray Reflections

The Science Behind Flinching You might wonder why you sometimes flinch when someone touches your back. Well, there’s actually a scientific explanation for this. The human body has a built-in reflex system called the startle reflex, which helps us react quickly to unexpected events. When something unexpected happens, like a sudden touch on the back, your body’s reflex system kicks into action, causing you to flinch. This reflex is an automatic response that our brains …

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La gestualità Italiana, or Italian hand gestures, is a common way of expressing emotions and ideas when speaking Italian. This unique form of body language has been used for centuries in Italy as a way to communicate, with gestures often being used as punctuation for words and sentences. But still, at some point, you might have also wondered why do Italians talk with their hands. I’ll come to that a bit later. First, let’s talk …

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