31 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Human Senses are Not Independent
They work together, yet we erroneously conceptualize them as distinct from one another.
Folksonomies: categorization,senses
30 JAN 2012 by ideonexus The Illusion of Taste
When we taste sweetness, our tongues are not responding to the C, O, or H, but to the molecule.
Folksonomies: chemistry,perception,senses,taste,experience
03 JAN 2012 by ideonexus There is No "Smell Pixel"
Odors are not analog, they must be looked up in a dictionary.
Folksonomies: senses,odor
02 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Consciousness of the Fallibility of Our Senses is a Result of Study...
When you understand the underlying reality of what we see in the world around us, you understand that our perceptions deceive us. Sounds vaguely post-modern.
Folksonomies: science,knowledge,perception,senses,postmodernism
12 DEC 2011 by ideonexus The Brain Creates Models of the World
Using the eye as an example, Hawking describes how our brains model the outside world and builds theories about it.
Folksonomies: empiricism,perception,theory,senses
25 JUL 2011 by ideonexus Man's Sense is Not the Measure of All Things
...human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.
Folksonomies: nature,perception,senses
21 JUL 2011 by ideonexus Sound Localization
How the brain localizes the origin of a sound by calculating the difference in time between the soundwaves hitting one ear versus the other.
Folksonomies: senses,sound localization,hearing
20 JUL 2011 by ideonexus The Importance of Smell and Taste in Infant Development
Smell allows an infant to label its world, identifying its mother, father, and siblings; while taste prepares it for the environment it will be born into and influence its preferences for foods within its culture.
Folksonomies: fetal development,senses,taste,smell
08 JUL 2011 by ideonexus John Locke VS Babies
Locke wondered if a blind person given sight would need to learn how to associate this new sense with the others, but babies make these associations instinctively.
Folksonomies: science,philosophy,development,senses