A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain ...

Our senses are beloved explorers who bring us ... as raw sensations become golden nuggets of perception. We seem born to cherish aromatic memories, which help us navigate, find food, detect ...

Receptor biology has shed new light on the mechanisms behind odour perception, but there is still a lot to uncover. Cognitive sciences also unlock further understanding of the human senses by ...

But other sensory systems are more subtle. Our first feature describes the current state of research on a sense that offers few external clues about how it functions. Proprioception, often referred to ...

After making little headway using the nascent technology to explore the visual perception of ... journey to unravel how humans perform a vital social task: making sense of each other’s faces.

In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can distinguish odors ... “Similar to how timing affects the perception of notes ...

Biologist Patrick Aryee and physicist Helen Czerski go beyond the limits of human perception to explore the extraordinary and surprising world of animal senses.

Past studies have shown that the human sweet taste receptor conveys sweet perception in the mouth and ... Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center and Rutgers University have published ...

Researchers tested the AudioDome and discovered it recreates 3D soundscapes with accuracy exceeding human auditory perception.