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Sensory Circuits
A preview of the latest novel by the Hugo- and Nebula-winning author.
New research is uncovering why we eat first with our expectations.
Depression can cause you to think too much — and physically sense too little.
In "Dear Oliver," neuroscientist Susan Barry describes how her 10-year correspondence with Oliver Sacks unleashed her inner author.
Lab experiments showed Caribbean box jellyfish are quick studies of their environment.
Lucid dreamers may have “privileged access to their inner world,” with “heightened awareness... to the outside world.”
Goalkeepers have an enhanced ability to integrate auditory and visual information compared to other players.
Sweet, bitter, salty, sour. These are the four basic tastes we were taught in grade school. But there is a fifth: umami. And it's everywhere.
A recent study highlights the astounding adaptability of the human brain.
You know that ghostly feeling that someone is nearby even though nobody is? It could be a trick of neural timing.
Tasting sounds and hearing colors.
In all mammals, there are two brain pathways for processing information from the eyes: an evolutionarily ancient one and a more modern one.
While ticker tape synesthesia was first identified in the 1880s, new research looks at this unique phenomenon — and what it means for language comprehension.
Humans are good visual thinkers, too, but we tend to privilege verbal thinking.
Researchers are looking at neurons required for touch-mediated pain relief.
It was originally recorded in the 1970s by cognitive psychologists Harry McGurk and John MacDonald.
What you see is what you hear.
Sight helps you see a room, but interoception lets you sense it from inside your own body.
Are there any advantages to looking so cumbersome?
Music and sounds only seem to reduce pain in mice when played at a specific volume.
Can electrical stimulation meaningfully substitute for natural touch during a complex task in the real world? We think so.
“At that time, it was just a wild idea, [...] that instead of just a loss of consciousness, anesthetics may do something to the brain that actually turns pain off.”
Bite into a miracle berry and you'll perceive intense sweetness — but only after you eat something acidic, too.
Scientists looked for ways to trigger the “build whatever normally was here” signal for cells at the site of a wound.