Neuroscientist Charles Spence and philosopher of mind Casey O’Callaghan are among a growing group of researchers who argue ...

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 ...

We don’t experience the world through neat, separate senses—everything blends together. Smell, touch, sound, sight, and balance constantly influence one another, shaping how food tastes, objects feel, ...

For decades, humans know about the five traditional senses famously described by Aristotle. However, a new research study has ...

Have you ever wondered why some foods taste better on a plane, or why a small stone seems to weigh more than another, larger one, even though they weigh the same? What we experience is based on ...

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, ...

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 ...