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Casey O’Callaghan are among a growing group of researchers who argue that the schoolbook list of five senses is badly out of date.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 ...

If you asked the average person what senses they have, they would list out the same five senses that have been known for thousands of years, sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. These senses are ...

Aging comes with many trials and tribulations, including the decline of the senses: sight, hearing and even smell, taste and touch. Fortunately, exercising the brain strengthens these senses -- just ...

For decades, humans know about the five traditional senses famously described by Aristotle. However, a new research study has ...

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 ...

In her latest, Life in Five Senses, she takes a kaleidoscopic lens to the sensory inputs of her own daily life. Gretchen and I spoke about attention to one’s most neglected sense (it’s often not the ...