Your brain can play tricks on you with colors. Learn what red, blue and yellow can do to your appetite. Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple ...

Human perception is multisensory, with dozens of interacting senses shaping how we experience taste, movement, balance, and the world around us. Neuroscientists increasingly treat perception as a ...

Have you ever wondered why some foods taste better on a plane, or why a small stone seems to weigh more than another, larger ...

Some animals have more than five senses or have stronger senses than humans. How do these special skills help them survive? Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

A new Brigham Young University honors class offers students a chance to slow down and reconnect with themselves and the world ...

Humans perceive and navigate the world around us with the help of our five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. And while scientists have long known that these different senses activate ...

Our human senses apparently don’t stop at five—as recent research shows, we may have over thirty. Most of our experiences are multisensory, and involve lesser-known senses like proprioception and ...

Researchers point out that the body has far more senses than we typically assume.

Stuck in front of our screens all day, we often ignore our senses beyond sound and vision. And yet they are always at work. When we’re more alert we feel the rough and smooth surfaces of objects, the ...