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How We Experience Our World

Sense organs are the brain’s windows to the outside world.

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Taste

Specialized cells in taste buds detect molecules released during chewing.

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How Taste and Smell Work

Your sense of taste and smell help you enjoy your favorite dish or avoid it when it’s gone bad.

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What Color Is Monday?

The question may sound bizarre, but for people with synesthesia, days of the week might have their own colors, shapes, textures — even smells!

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4 min

Say “Ahh”

A look at the back of your throat provides insight into the brain.

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Umami: The Fifth Taste

What does yummy taste like?

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Do Different Parts of the Tongue Taste Different Things?

The popular tongue map showing specific areas for each taste is wrong.

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Colliding Senses: Life With Synesthesia

Hearing words that evoke visions of color or seeing letters that have gender are just a few examples of experiencing synesthesia. Jessica Johnson investigates this tangling of the senses.

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The Senses: How We Experience the World PowerPoint Presentation

Our senses do more than tell us when something smells sweet, or feels soft — they help us interpret our environment. This presentation will help you teach students how the brain processes our senses.

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Senses and Sensibility: A Webinar

Have you ever wondered how you can catch a ball, see the color blue, taste chocolate, smell bad breath, or hear a bird song? Learn more in this Brain Awareness Week webinar.

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53 min

Senses and Perception Race

Your students will see the finish line and taste the glory as they race the clock and each other in this interactive relay game.

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The Science of Spiciness

When you take a bite of a hot pepper, your body reacts as if your mouth is on fire -- because that's essentially what you've told your brain!

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