The British tabloid Daily Mail introduces us to Henry Gray of Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK. He has an unusual medical condition called Lexical-Gustatory Synaesthesia. The areas of his brain which interpret sounds and sme...

You've probably seen sensory maps (homunculus) tha...  ...that show how much of the brain is devoted to the senses from different parts of the body. This picture sh...

Think of ways that plants can communicate with each other: First, there's chemical signalling, where a plant releases chemicals into the air or soil which are then sensed by nearby plants. Ther...

© Theresa Reed | The Tarot Lady 2011Though th...  ...eptions, most of us were born with the five basic senses of human perception: sight, hearing, taste, touch...  ...though—the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth senses are all equally important for our survival. I'm n...  ...ibrioception. This is one o...

(YouTube link) Synesthesia is when stimuli from one sense is perceived as sensation from a different sense, as in tasting colors and smelling music. Terri Timely created this video to illustrate the concept. -via Do...

According to a new study published in Nature, our skin helps us decipher the sounds we hear with our ears. Blindfolded volunteers listened to the "pa", "ta", "da", and "ba" sounds. Unknown to the participant, a puff of a...