We all know about our five senses and the importance they play in our daily lives: smell, taste, sight, sound and touch. Some scientists say that we have many more that just five senses, and they ...

All bodily feelings reflect a sixth sense we have called interoception. Explore its interesting idiosyncrasies and the role ...

Discover how modern science identifies up to 33 sensory systems, including proprioception and interoception, that shape our perception and health.

Have you ever stumbled on uneven ground (or even ground) but somehow caught yourself before you fell? That’s proprioception, your body’s built-in GPS. It’s your body’s ability to sense where it is in ...

HOUSTON - (Dec. 14, 2009) – Waking and walking to the bathroom in the pitch black of night requires brain activity that is both conscious and unconscious and requires a single master gene known as ...

We are all pretty familiar with how our bodies sense what is going on in the outside world – what we see, hear, touch, taste or smell. But exactly how do our brains sense and react to what is going on ...

Fabrice Sarlegna has received funding from the CNRS and Aix-Marseille University. Chris Miall receives funding from the NIH and the Leverhulme Foundation. He has also been funded by the Royal Society ...

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Why do we avoid getting our hopes up? I suggest that this is because affect is attached to our meaningful goals, as ...