Brain sense : the science of the senses and how we process the world around us /

"Have you ever wondered why you remember color images and scenes so much better than those in black and white? Or do you ponder why that first cup of morning coffee tastes better than anything you'll have all day? The answer lies in the way our brains interpret and process the sights, smel...

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Main Author: Brynie, Faith Hickman, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : American Management Association, ©2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Life without touch
  • In from the cold
  • On which side is your bread buttered?
  • Pain and the placebo effect
  • Nematodes, haptics, and brain-machine interfaces
  • It's Valentine's day-- sniff!
  • Do odors dance in your nose?
  • Life without scent
  • The sweaty scent of sex
  • Express train to happiness
  • The bitter truth
  • Coconut crazy
  • Cooking up some brain chemistry
  • How to knit a baby taste bud
  • Expecting what you taste and tasting what you expect
  • The big picture
  • Color and memory
  • Sizing things up
  • On the move
  • Vision and the video game
  • Hearing, left and right
  • Listening and language
  • My ears are ringing
  • Music and the plastic brain
  • Cochlear implant : one man's journey
  • Synesthesia : when senses overlap
  • If this looks like déjà vu, you ain't seen nuthin' yet
  • Feeling a phantom
  • Probabilities and the paranormal
  • Time.