An edition of Our senses
(2018)
Our senses
an immersive experience
by Rob DeSalle
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Brain, Evolution, Perception, Neuropsychology, Senses and sensation, Human evolution, Brain, evolution, Sense organs, Sense Organs, Sensation, Sens et sensations, Homme, Évolution, Organes des sens, Senses, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Neuroscience, MEDICAL, Physiology| Edition | Availability |
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Table of Contents
1. The brainless majority : sensing the environment in organisms without brains
2. Brains and prains : brains (or not) in animals from sponges to us
3. The monkey's unculus : tactile and balance sensory capacity in animals
4. A matter of taste (and odorant) receptors : smell and taste reception in animals
5. All ears (and eyes) : animal hearing and sight
6. Supersmellers and supertasters : the limits of smell and taste in humans
7. Where am I? : the limits of hearing and balance in humans
8. Touchy feely : touch and how it is linked to other senses
9. The eyes have it : the limits of sight in humans
10. Accidents will happen : traumatic brain injury and the impact on our senses
11. Modern life, strokes, and the senses : the impact of strokes and other brain damage on sensory capacity
12. Full/half/split brains : people with unique brains
13. Team of rivals meets the kluge : making sense out of crossmodal stimuli from the outer world
14. Neural detritus : making sense out of a noisy environment
15. Pani ca' meusa, crème brûlée, and synesthesia : crossmodal impact on taste and synesthesia
16. Connectomes : how crossmodal interactions work in the brain
17. Faces and hallucinations : facial recognition and hallucinations as subjects in higher perception
18. Bob Dylan's Nobel : language, literacy, and how the senses interact to produce literature
19. Facing the music : the neurobiology of music and art
20. No limits : the limits to what we can sense and the future of our senses.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.
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