New research from the psychologists Andy Yap, Dana Carney, and colleagues suggests that people who assume expansive power poses, such as standing with their feet shoulder-width apart and their hands on their hips, become, consciously or not, more likely to steal money or cheat on a test. few years ago, acting on a tip, school administrators at Great Neck North High School, a prominent, academically competitive public school in Long Island, took a closer look at studentsâ standardized test scores. Some of them seemed suspiciously high.
The hard palate is important for feeding and speech. Mammals with a defective hard palate may die shortly after birth due to inability to suckle (see Cleft palate below). It is also involved in mastication in many species. The interaction between the tongue and the hard palate is essential in the formation of certain speech sounds, notably /Ê/ , /Ê/ , /j/ , and /É/ .
There are several reasons why velopharyngeal function should be considered in reference to the palatal plane. Primarily, the soft palate is a contiguous structure with some of its muscular components inserting as well as taking origin on the hard palate and its attached aponeurosis.