This is not news. People know this. I can move my ears voluntarily, and when I'm trying to listen, I can feel that happening. It's probably half conscious. Ther

This is not news. People know this. I can move my ears voluntarily, and when I'm trying to listen, I can feel that happening. It's probably half conscious. There is an intuitive purpose behind these muscles, which is to do the best impression of pricking up your ears that some evolutionary predecessor was able to do better.