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09/24/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Our sense of smell may be linked to our risk of neurological disorders

Researchers from West Virginia have come across a connection between the sense of smell and the chances of developing brain disorders. In their recently published study, they found that movement of the wings of moths affected the animals’ olfactory sense, which in turn affected their brains, an article in News Wise stated. This discovery could […]

07/29/2018 / By Edsel Cook

NIH-funded study looks at how sharks have evolved to use electric fields to locate prey

Sharks are able to sense the faint electrical field emitted by an object. Recent research suggests that their electrosensing organ is tuned in an “all-or-nothing” manner that figures out if the object is edible – and if they think it is prey, they will immediately take a bite out of it, an article from the […]

07/09/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Bilingual people are better at sensory perception: Study

A study published in the journal Brain Sciences has found that learning a second language can alter how the senses work together to interpret speech. The study, carried out by researchers at Northwestern University, has established that bilingual individuals are better at putting together sight and hearing to perceive speech. In particular, when people hear […]

05/15/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Scientists admit that the distinction between what is “real” and “imagined” is not so clear; what we imagine could change the way we hear sounds

If you’ve ever seen a ventriloquist project his voice in such a way that he appears to be conversing with a lifeless dummy, then you have firsthand knowledge of what scientists call the Ventriloquist Illusion. You see, although the ventriloquist makes it look like he is projecting his voice over a distance so that the […]

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