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Our senses : an immersive experience / Rob DeSalle ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 298 pages)ISBN:
  • 0300231644
  • 9780300231649
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 0300230192 | 9780300230192 | 0300231644. | 9780300231649. | Erscheint auch als: No title Druck-Ausgabe | Print version: Our senses. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]DDC classification:
  • 612.8
LOC classification:
  • QP431
NLM classification:
  • WL 700
Online resources: Summary: 1. The brainless majority : sensing the environment in organisms without brains -- 2. Brains and prains : brains (or not) in animals from sponges to us -- 3. The monkey's unculus : tactile and balance sensory capacity in animals -- 4. A matter of taste (and odorant) receptors : smell and taste reception in animals -- 5. All ears (and eyes) : animal hearing and sight -- 6. Supersmellers and supertasters : the limits of smell and taste in humans -- 7. Where am I? : the limits of hearing and balance in humans -- 8. Touchy feely : touch and how it is linked to other senses -- 9. The eyes have it : the limits of sight in humans -- 10. Accidents will happen : traumatic brain injury and the impact on our senses -- 11. Modern life, strokes, and the senses : the impact of strokes and other brain damage on sensory capacity -- 12. Full/half/split brains : people with unique brains -- 13. Team of rivals meets the kluge : making sense out of crossmodal stimuli from the outer world -- 14. Neural detritus : making sense out of a noisy environment -- 15. Pani ca' meusa, crème brûlée, and synesthesia : crossmodal impact on taste and synesthesia -- 16. Connectomes : how crossmodal interactions work in the brain -- 17. Faces and hallucinations : facial recognition and hallucinations as subjects in higher perception -- 18. Bob Dylan's Nobel : language, literacy, and how the senses interact to produce literature -- 19. Facing the music : the neurobiology of music and art -- 20. No limits : the limits to what we can sense and the future of our sensesPPN: PPN: 1014239303Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-EBA | ZDB-4-NLEBK
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