Sensory
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ScienceResearchers at Caltech have revealed two illusions illustrating how our brain can be tricked into seeing something that isn’t really there. The phenomenon is known as postdiction, and highlights how our perception of reality is actually constructed by our brain retroactively.
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ScienceA new study has proposed a novel strategy to help autistic individuals improve their ability to process visual information. Mice, engineered with autistic characteristics, were genetically altered to improve their visual and sensory learning abilities.
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A new study is suggesting that a simple at-home test, administered through a laptop or smartphone, could accurately diagnose cases of mild cognitive impairment, allowing for early interventions to help prevent further cognitive decline.
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There’s a whole world out there full of things we have no idea about – different types of radiation, sounds, and colors - and a new body sensor called the North Sense is here to help you experience a part of this augmented reality.
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Naturally the logical thing to do when you're thirsty is to have something to drink, but some drinks are more thirst-quenching than others.
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A team of zoologists at the University of Bonn has discovered that, despite lacking a complex brain, the African elephantnose fish can swap between its electrical and visual senses in the same way a person can switch between sight and touch.
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Hoping to add back a bit of personal touch to today's cold, impersonal digital communications, New Jersey-based startup Tactonics thinks the world might just get hooked on "tact" messaging.
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We've now come one step closer to humans having the ability to sense magnetic fields. Scientists have developed a thin, flexible magnetoresistive sensory foil that can be applied to a person's own natural skin.
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Float unsurprisingly helps you to float. The obviously-named product is designed to aid water therapy by keeping the person wearing it upright and floating in a naturally relaxing position. At $135 it's a lot more affordable than even the cheapest isolation tank.
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Want to pop your cellphone's notifications away as if they were bubbles? With the Sensabubble machine, bubbles with text, colors, and even smells provide information and feedback to users and can be "deleted" instantly.
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Autonomous micro air vehicles have to be capable of identifying objects in their environment, and reacting accordingly – much like bees do. Well, thanks to research recently conducted in Berlin, that may soon be possible.
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A man who lost his left hand in an accident nine years ago has had his sense of touch restored using a prosthetic hand surgically wired to nerves in his upper arm. The man was able to grasp objects, detect the strength of grip, distinguish shape and identify objects by touch while blindfolded
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