An introduction into the amazing functions of the human body's five senses. Our bodies are constantly absorbing different kinds of information from the outside world. Sights, sounds, smells ...

How the body senses a range of hot temperatures Date: March 2, 2012 Source: University of California - Davis Health System Summary: The winter sun feels welcome, but not so a summer sunburn.

She could still sense superficial touch, however, and she was able to localize where the rod was touched when held in both hands and had similar brain activity as the healthy patients during the task.

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.

This area, nestled between the brain's two hemispheres, appears critical to a person's sense of inhabiting their own body, or bodily self, the team recently reported in the journal Neuron.

How the brain senses body position and movement Date: April 2, 2024 Source: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Summary: Researchers use neural networks to study proprioception, the sense ...

“Senses of Time: Video and Film-Based Works of Africa” will be on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art May 18 through Jan. 2, 2017. The exhibition features six internationally ...

One of the channels they studied, called TRPV1, reacts to hot temperatures -- about 100 degrees Fahrenheit. It is also responsible for the ability to sense spicy foods, such as chili peppers.A ...

Understanding the role of PIEZO2 gene in human sense of touch and proprioception -- the sense of the position of one's body -- may provide clues to a variety of neurologic disorders, researchers say.