Understanding the meaning and implied action of symbols brings together the worlds of anthropology and philosophy — and gives us a cheat code to the human psyche.

There are five basic human senses: touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste. The sensing organs associated with each sense send information to the brain to help us understand and perceive the world ...

Over 2000 years ago, Aristotle wrote that “ our sense of smell is not accurate but worse than many animals. For man smells poorly.” The human ability to smell is still thought of as weak.

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.

In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can distinguish odors within a fraction of a second, working at a level of sensitivity that is “on par” with how our brains perceive color ...

But the human senses are pretty extraordinary as well, says psychologist Lawrence D. Rosenblum. In "See What I'm Saying," Rosenblum details the science behind the hidden powers of the five senses.

It doesn't usually make the list of the five most important human senses, but proprioception is fundamental. It's our sense of where our bodies exist in space. We can feel where our hand is or ...