Neuroscientist Charles Spence and philosopher of mind Casey O’Callaghan are among a growing group of researchers who argue that the schoolbook list of five senses is badly out of date. Drawing on work ...

Stuck in front of our screens all day, we often ignore our senses beyond sound and vision. And yet they are always at work.

Humans recognize their world 80 percent of the time through their eyes. Learn more about your five senses, the good and the bad. Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...

Some of the traditional senses are combinations of several senses. Touch, for instance, involves pain, temperature, itch, and ...

To notice more is to appreciate more, and so Gretchen Rubin set out to become an artisan of everyday experience, exploring the tweaks that can create enduring joy, and devising habits, some ...

When individuals bring to mind early recollections, the presence of the visual sense dominates in comparison to the other sensory expressions. Visualizing a scene in a remembrance from a distance of 5 ...

When you are caught between endless amounts of work, responsibilities and deadlines on one side and racing, anxious, ruminating and over analysing thoughts on the other, your mind and body get very ...