Stories
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Making sense of senses lost
In rapid succession, Steve Barker suddenly lost sight and hearing on his left side. The effect on how he perceives the world has been profound.
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Synaesthesia, or when senses overlap
What’s it like to see heartbeats, taste Tube stations or hear paintings?
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Dress and the magic of touch
Fashion, of course, is largely about appearance, but the feeling of clothes on your skin is a complex sensory experience. Shahidha Bari contemplates the human connections in the business of creating and wearing clothes.
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Virtual reality and the fix of the future
Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.
Catalogue
- Books
Science and sensation in Romantic poetry / Noel Jackson.
Jackson, Noel (Noel B.)Date: 2008- Books
Ways of sensing : understanding the senses in society / David Howes, Constance Classen.
Howes, David, 1957-Date: 2014- Books
Rethinking the medieval senses : heritage, fascinations, frames / edited by Stephen G. Nichols, Andreas Kablitz, and Alison Calhoun.
Date: 2008- Books
Embodied : Victorian literature and the senses / William A. Cohen.
Cohen, William A.Date: [2009], ©2009- Books
A tour of the senses : how your brain interprets the world / John M. Henshaw.
Henshaw, John M.Date: 2012