From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release via ScienceDaily: Saying that the sense of taste is complicated is an understatement, that it is little understood, even more so. Exactly how cells transmit…
From the University of Chicago Medical Center press release via ScienceDaily: A region of the brain known to play a key role in visual and spatial processing has a parallel function: sorting visual information into…
From the Duke University press release via EurekAlert!: Rats can’t usually see infrared light, but they have “touched” it in a Duke University lab. The rats sensed the light as a sensation of touch after…
From the Brown University press release via HealthCanal: Why does training in mindfulness meditation help patients manage chronic pain and depression? In a newly published neurophysiological review, Brown University scientists propose that mindfulness practitioners gain…
From the Caltech press release by Katie Neith via ScienceDaily: The skin is a human being’s largest sensory organ, helping to distinguish between a pleasant contact, like a caress, and a negative sensation, like a…
From the Karolinska Institutet press release via ScienceDaily: Women suffering from stress-related exhaustion exhibit hypersensitivity to sounds when exposed to stress. In some cases, a sound level corresponding to a normal conversation can be perceived…
From the FECYT (Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) media release: Two researchers from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the University of Oxford have proven that hot chocolate tastes better in an orange or…
From the University of Chicago press release by Matt Wood via ScienceDaily: When you walk into a darkened room, your first instinct is to feel around for a light switch. You slide your hand along…
From the Virginia Tech press release via MedicalXpress: A century after the world’s first ultrasonic detection device – invented in response to the sinking of the Titanic – Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have…
From the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) press release via ScienceDaily: For scientists who study the genetics of hearing and deafness, finding the exact genetic machinery in the inner ear that responds to sound waves and…