Study sheds light on the human ability to understand how an object moves inside a container, revealing how different kinds of information can be conveyed via the sense of touch.
Study reveals how the origins of pain are generated by nociceptors in the dorsal root ganglia.
People who enjoy ASMR have heightened sensory sensitivity, a new study reports. Many people who react positively to ASMR also experience higher levels of bodily awareness, greater sensitivity to bodily sensations, and often are easily overstimulated by their environment.
A gene commonly associated with the sense of touch may also play an important role in the sense of smell, researchers report.
We perceive the thickness of liquid food based on logarithmic stimuli, in a similar way to which we perceive visual or auditory information.
Researchers shed light on how sensory information and cognitive processing interact in the brain to produce our perception of the world around us.
Post-genomic analysis of the regulation of synapses in a rodent hippocampus sheds new light on the interaction of proteins and lipids within the synaptic membrane.
Study reveals how the drosophila brain subconsciously processes salient information, such as odors, that require interpretation while asleep.
Findings shed new light on the role the prefrontal cortex plays in sensory processing and perception.
When we lie down, our brains decrease reliance on information related to the external world and increase reliance on internal perceptions generated by the sense of touch.
Our concepts of people, objects, and events are composed of sensory impressions and actions associated with them, in addition to abstract symbol-like features.
Researchers say the order in which your senses interact with food items impacts how much you enjoy your meal.
