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Molyneux's Problem: Blind Philosophy
If you were blind since birth and learned how to identify objects by your sense of touch, could you distinguish those objects by sight alone if your vision was suddenly restored?
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  • 18 min
How We Experience Our World
Sense organs are the brain’s windows to the outside world.
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Scratching the Surface of Itch Science
Itch, once thought of as a milder form of pain, is now investigated as its own condition with potential treatment on the horizon.
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The Neuroscience of Touch and Pain
The sense of touch conveys important social information and tells you when something is dangerous by letting you feel pain.
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What Causes Goosebumps?
Goosebumps are part of your body’s reaction to danger. But they can also be caused by great music. Those two experiences are more similar than you might think.
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Why You Can (Or Can't) Feel Your Tongue
You’re trying to feel your tongue now, aren’t you? Let the trigeminal ganglion do what it does.
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Messengers of Fire and Ice
These dorsal root ganglion cells respond to temperature to help us quickly calculate our next move.
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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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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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The Funny Bone: Butt Dialing Your Brain
Learn the basics of how neurons fire, and explore what we can learn from the feeling of banging our funny bone.
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  • 5 min
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