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Your Ears' Digitizers

You have this tiny corkscrew to thank for every song you’ve ever heard.

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An Ocean of Sensations

The brain receives information about the outside world via the senses. But how much of this information do we actually notice?

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Mapping the Air

Research into the razor-sharp hearing of barn owls reveals how we create mental maps of space and may lead to hearing loss solutions.

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What does it mean to have synesthesia?

Synesthesia is a condition in which stimulation of one sense automatically evokes a perception in an unstimulated sense.

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Hearing

Often considered the most important sense for humans, hearing allows us to communicate with each other by receiving sounds and interpreting speech.

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Dangerous Decibels

The Virtual Exhibit is a collection of games, demonstrations, and activities for students to learn about sources and effects of protection from dangerous sounds.

Oregon Health and Science University

Experiments on the Senses Designed for the Classroom

This site provides experiments on hearing, smell, taste, touch, and vision designed for students in primary and secondary school classrooms.

Center for Behavioral Neuroscience

My Senses Tell Me…

In this lesson by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, students learn about their five senses.

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3D Brain

An interactive brain map that you can rotate in a three-dimensional space.

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3D Brain

An interactive brain map that you can rotate in a three-dimensional space.

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