Analysis of the brain metabolism data showed that that the average metabolic cost of individual neurons in ectothermic brains is ~ 5.63 × 10−11 watts, which is nearly 5 times lower than the average metabolic cost of endothermic brains.
These responses have a metabolic cost.
The metabolic cost of the activity rises.
More likely it's that processing extracts such a high metabolic cost that the creature settles for reduced capabilities.
This high metabolic cost, combined with the frogs' limited air capacity, may make it impossible for them to croak any louder than they already do.
But most other species eschewed developing similarly outsized brains during evolution, because large brains carry a hefty metabolic cost.
"There is a metabolic cost to wearing really heavy running shoes," Dr. Franz says.
Chapter 3 examines the effect of cooking and pounding on diet-induced thermogenesis, the metabolic cost of food digestion.
Autonomous exoskeleton reduces metabolic cost of walking, International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, August.
AFOs influence joint motion and metabolic cost, but how they impact muscle function remains unclear.
Significant drag reduction is found for the filament, and the result is consistent with the metabolic cost measured experimentally for the live fish.
