An obscure bit of brain tissue appears critical to both out-of-body experiences and our sense of being anchored to a physical self.

Your self-image, scientists argued at the 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America on Friday, can also be manipulated by sound and smell.

Disagreement comes from how to define a sense, with the broadest definition referring to different types of specialized cells, what activates them, and how your body reacts to differing stimuli. In ...

Researchers use neural networks to study proprioception, the sense the brain uses to 'know' the body's movement and position.

People often describe out-of-body experiences as a sense of weightlessness, or drifting, where they might see their body from above. These experiences tend to occur when we transition between ...

Attendees will explore the topics of medicine, the body and the senses from an Asian perspective.

The 2025 Annual Conference of the Asia Research Institute aims to foster fruitful conversation that advances crucial Asian perspectives on the body and the senses and offers fresh insights on the ...

Mosquitoes are among the deadliest animals in the world because of their incredible ability to spread disease by finding blood to suck. A team of scientists found that mosquitoes may be able to ...

How does your brain know the position and movement of your different body parts? The sense is known as proprioception, and it is something like a “sixth sense”, allowing us to move freely ...

Some of our body parts don't make sense (Credit: Getty Images) From illogical reproductive organs to the fact we walk upright, the body has a few mystifying features. Why?

Those with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) have a disturbing preoccupation with what they perceive as defects in their appearance, called the “distress of imagined ugliness.” ...