Surprising Facts About Losing Your Sense of Smell Our sense of smell often goes unnoticed until it disappears. Losing this ...

The sprawling network of the visual cortex reigned supreme in the field of sensory processing, contributing significantly to our understanding of sensory perception. In contrast, the study of ...

The distinctive smell of a flower… the unmistakable aroma of coffee… the dangers linked with inhaling smoke fumes. Sensory systems have evolved to provide us with immediate, finely tuned information ...

Animal reproduction is supported by the integration of various external and internal processes. These processes include a combination of perceived sensory cues, behaviors and hormone secretion. In ...

The human olfactory system discriminates between thousands of odors by interacting specifically with olfactory receptors on sensory neurons. Each receptor can detect several odorants at different ...

Kaboom! The first time most of us hear the sound of an explosion is in the movies. Encountering the sound in the real world—even at a distance—has a profoundly different effect. Why? It's all about ...

Rendering the invisible visible is among scientists' favorite challenges. In their efforts to uncover how the olfactory system makes sense of thousands of otherwise invisible odors, scientists now ...

A research team recently invented a novel, wireless, skin-interfaced olfactory feedback system that can release various odours with miniaturized odor generators (OGs). The new technology integrates ...

Our senses stimulate various parts of the brain. New research in mice shows how smells activate different areas, especially parts of the brain responsible for emotion and memory. The researchers hope ...

Taiwanese scientists have linked abnormalities in the olfactory region of mouse brains with behaviors connected to autism spectrum disorder, using a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based brain ...