عنوان

Our senses :

(Number (ISBN

0300230192

(Number (ISBN

9780300230192

Title Proper

Our senses :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

an immersive experience /

First Statement of Responsibility

Rob DeSalle ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New Haven :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Yale University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2018]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 298 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.

Text of Note

The brainless majority : sensing the environment in organisms without brains -- Brains and prains : brains (or not) in animals from sponges to us -- The monkey's unculus : tactile and balance sensory capacity in animals -- A matter of taste (and odorant) receptors : smell and taste reception in animals -- All ears (and eyes) : animal hearing and sight -- Supersmellers and supertasters : the limits of smell and taste in humans -- Where am I? : the limits of hearing and balance in humans -- Touchy feely : touch and how it is linked to other senses -- The eyes have it : the limits of sight in humans -- Accidents will happen : traumatic brain injury and the impact on our senses -- Modern life, strokes, and the senses : the impact of strokes and other brain damage on sensory capacity -- Full/half/split brains : people with unique brains -- Team of rivals meets the kluge : making sense out of crossmodal stimuli from the outer world -- Neural detritus : making sense out of a noisy environment -- Pani ca' meusa, crème brûlée, and synesthesia : crossmodal impact on taste and synesthesia -- Connectomes : how crossmodal interactions work in the brain -- Faces and hallucinations : facial recognition and hallucinations as subjects in higher perception -- Bob Dylan's Nobel : language, literacy, and how the senses interact to produce literature -- Facing the music : the neurobiology of music and art -- No limits : the limits to what we can sense and the future of our senses.

0

Text of Note

"A lively and unconventional exploration of our senses, how they work, what is revealed when they don't, and how they connect us to the world. Over the past decade neuroscience has uncovered a wealth of new information about our senses and how they serve as our gateway to the world. This splendidly accessible book explores the most intriguing findings of this research. With infectious enthusiasm, Rob DeSalle illuminates not only how we see, hear, smell, touch, taste, maintain balance, feel pain, and rely on other less familiar senses, but also how these senses shape our perception of the world aesthetically, artistically, and musically. DeSalle first examines the question of how perception and consciousness are formed in the brain, setting human senses in an evolutionary context. He then investigates such varied themes as supersenses and diminished senses, synesthesia and other cross-sensory phenomena, hemispheric specialization, diseases, anomalies induced by brain injuries, and hallucinations. Focusing on what is revealed about our senses through the extraordinary, he provides unparalleled insights into the unique wonders of the human brain."--Publisher's description.

Brain-- Evolution.

Human evolution.

Neuropsychology.

Perception.

Senses and sensation.

Biological Evolution.

Perception-- physiology.

Sense Organs-- anatomy & histology.

Sense Organs-- physiology.

Brain-- Evolution.

Human evolution.

Neuropsychology.

Perception.

PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology.

SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology.

SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience.

Senses and sensation.

Number

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

DeSalle, Rob

Wynne, Patricia

Date of Transaction

20200822100544.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

rda

Electronic name

[Book]

Y