Have you ever wondered why some foods taste better on a plane, or why a small stone seems to weigh more than another, larger ...

Human perception is multisensory, with dozens of interacting senses shaping how we experience taste, movement, balance, and the world around us. Neuroscientists increasingly treat perception as a ...

A new Brigham Young University honors class offers students a chance to slow down and reconnect with themselves and the world ...

When we are learning things, we use our five senses sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. However, even after understanding things with these five senses, one cannot guarantee that they will retain ...

Humans perceive and navigate the world around us with the help of our five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. And while scientists have long known that these different senses activate ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

We perceive the world through our five senses—our eyes, ears, skin, nose, and mouth are all receptors. Everything that comes into the brain enters through one of these doors. Because most of us take ...

To notice more is to appreciate more, and so Gretchen Rubin set out to become an artisan of everyday experience, exploring the tweaks that can create enduring joy, and devising habits, some ...

Scientists at Skoltech developed a new mathematical model of memory that explores how information is encoded and stored. Their analysis suggests that memory works best in a seven-dimensional ...