Connecting Symbols to Draw an Image of the Human Experience. Marcel Danesi studies signs and gestures to figure out what makes us tick. ... The way humans make sense of life is by organizing it.

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 ...

From there, the Moon, as an aesthetic symbol, will be handed down from artist to artist, century to century, like a secret scrying crystal – a lens through which the soul of an era can be ...

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 ...

Of all the human senses, contrary to what we might think, sound is “a uniquely empowered form of sensory experience that links us to our lives and our being more intimately than sight does.” “Sound is ...

That couple were the grandparents of biologist Ashley Ward, who includes that story in his charming new book about our body’s sensory systems, “Where We Meet the World.” ...