Farb is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, where he directs the Regulatory and Affective Dynamics laboratory and the Psychedelics Studies Research Program. Segal is ...

My long-term collaborator, professor Charles Spence from the Crossmodal Laboratory in Oxford, told me his neuroscience ...

Modern cognitive neuroscience is challenging our understanding of sensory perception: instead of five, we might have to count up to 33 different senses,' a study says.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Billions of years of evolution have supplied humans with five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. A new study analyzing memory ...

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 ...

How do you feel when you are talking to someone and you can tell that they are not paying attention? Perhaps they are glued to their phone; perhaps they have that far away look in their eye that ...

Walking through a park, you stumble upon a lilac bush. You take in its vibrant purple color, touch its velvety petals and breathe in its fragrant scent. You hear a bee flying nearby before it drinks ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eating good food is not just about pleasing our taste buds; it is also about nourishing our bodies. Our five senses play key roles in our everyday life and should be paid attention to even when we eat ...

Keep that in your back pocket for the next time someone tells you that you’re too sensitive – you can’t help it.