Tag: senses
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Touching. Something you can never do…
Touching. The most essential of the senses. We touch to see. We touch to feel. We touch to know. We touch to love. And yet… What do we touch but mere boundaries? Limits of things, the touch of which tells us nothing. That table. It is more than its outer boundaries. It is a place…
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Mindfulness.
Ever wonder why some people seem to feel less pain than others? A study conducted at Wake Forest School of Medicine may have found one of the answers — mindfulness. “Mindfulness is related to being aware of the present moment without too much emotional reaction or judgment,” said the study’s lead author, Fadel Zeidan, Ph.D.,…
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Robots. Seeing. Humans. Laughing.
Humans have long been masters of dexterity, a skill that can largely be credited to the help of our eyes. Robots, meanwhile, are still catching up. Certainly there’s been some progress: for decades robots in controlled environments like assembly lines have been able to pick up the same object over and over again. More recently,…
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Phantom odours… Phantom axioms…
A study finds that one in 15 Americans (or 6.5 percent) over the age of 40 experiences phantom odors. The study is the first in the US to use nationally representative data to examine the prevalence of and risk factors for phantom odor perception. The study could inform future research aiming to unlock the mysteries…
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Going blind…
Go stand in front of a mirror. Hold still, and look around, moving only your eyes. Look left, right, up, down. Look at one eye, then the other. Their reflection is right there in front of you, but no matter how hard you try, you’ll never see your eyes move. That’s because when your eyes…
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