Researchers have decoded the sensory processing mechanisms that make the sensation of eating chocolate so irresistible to most people.
In rats, high-sugar diets lower the ability of the taste system to sense sweetness. However, curbing high sugar in the diet allowed sensitivity to sweetness to return.
Researchers have created the first body map of sensations experienced during hallucinations in people experiencing psychosis.
Study provides a new understanding of the neuroscience mechanisms that make some parts of the body so sensitive to touch.
A new study reports that being pleasantly surprised or disappointed with a certain food product can change a person's mood.
Infants in the first four months of life feel when people tickle them and wiggle their feet without connecting the sensation to that person, a new study reports.
Researchers map how pain is distributed across the body without touch sensation.
Researchers use passive haptic learning to teach people Morse code.
Researchers report climate change is disrupting the sensory systems of fish, making them swim towards predators, rather than away.
A researcher investigates why we find it impossible to tickle ourselves.
A new study reveals the neural processes we use to ignore the sound of our own footsteps and other self made noises. Researchers say the findings may shed new light on how we learn to speak and play music.
Multisensory integration is an important skill for the developing brain because it helps shape how effectively we make sense of our surroundings, a new study reports.
