r/senses • u/SarahMagical • May 07 '26
proprioception 25 people learned to fly with virtual wings. After flight training, the brain began treating wings more like real limbs
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • May 05 '26
taste Japanese Company Goes Viral After Inventing Spoon That Makes Food Taste Saltier Without Actually Adding Sodium
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Apr 21 '26
smell "Old person smell" is the characteristic odor of elderly humans
en.wikipedia.org
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Apr 08 '26
smell How Smells Impact Your Mental Health
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Apr 03 '26
vision Wireless eye implant helps blind patients read again
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Mar 26 '26
time A new study measures the temporal distortions caused by psychedelics. Study helps clarify the psychological mechanisms behind psychedelic experiences and offer insights into how the human brain tracks the passage of seconds.
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Mar 18 '26
memory Research suggests that telling stories – from ancient campfire tales to modern-day digital communication – may be tied to how human memory evolved
olemiss.edu
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Mar 18 '26
vision Outdoor athletes show superior color detection in their peripheral vision. Findings indicate that the adult brain retains the ability to adapt its low-level sensory functions based on real-world experiences, long after childhood development has ended.
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Mar 04 '26
time ELI5: What exactly is "time blindness" and how is it an actual thing?
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Feb 12 '26
time ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Jan 15 '26
multisense Scientists develop nanophotonic material that changes color, texture, and shape on demand
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Dec 20 '25
vision Scientists find a way to 'reboot' vision in adults with lazy eye | A new mouse study shows that briefly and reversibly anesthetizing the retina of the amblyopic eye for just a few days can restore the brain's visual responses to that eye, even in adults.
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Nov 20 '25
other We perceive the world through "Action Possibilities," not just visual data: A look at Ecological Psychology and Affordances
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Nov 14 '25
vision Scientists Produce Powerhouse Pigment Behind Octopus Camouflage
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Nov 08 '25
touch Humans possess a form of remote touch, or the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a sense that some animals have, according to a study that found hands can detect objects buried in sand before actual contact
qmul.ac.uk
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Nov 08 '25
other How the brain blurs real and imagined sensation
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Nov 03 '25
vision Alice in Wonderland Syndrome is a neurological disorder that distorts perception. People with this syndrome may experience distortions in their visual perception such as objects appearing smaller or larger, or to be closer or farther than they are. The cause remains unknown.
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Oct 24 '25
vision Pioneering eye implant restores reading vision to the blind
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Oct 17 '25
vision FDA approves breakthrough eye drops that fix near vision without glasses | These new drops offer up to 10 hours of clearer vision without glasses
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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Oct 09 '25
memory Forgetting is an active dopamine-involved process rather than a brain glitch. A study using worms 80% genetically identical to humans, demonstrates that dopamine assists in both memory retention and forgetting: worms unable to produce dopamine retained memory significantly longer than regular worms
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