Brain sense : the science of the senses and how we process the world around us / Faith Hickman Brynie.

New York : American Management Association, [2009], ©2009.

xiv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Life without touch -- In from the cold -- On which side is your bread buttered? -- Pain and the placebo effect -- Nematodes, haptics, and brain-machine interfaces -- It's Valentine's day-- sniff! -- Do odors dance in your nose? -- Life without scent -- The sweaty scent of sex -- Express train to happiness -- The bitter truth -- Coconut crazy -- Cooking up some brain chemistry -- How to knit a baby taste bud -- Expecting what you taste and tasting what you expect -- The big picture -- Color and memory -- Sizing things up -- On the move -- Vision and the video game -- Hearing, left and right -- Listening and language -- My ears are ringing -- Music and the plastic brain -- Cochlear implant : one man's journey -- Synesthesia : when senses overlap -- If this looks like déjà vu, you ain't seen nuthin' yet -- Feeling a phantom -- Probabilities and the paranormal -- Time.

Includes bibliographical references and index.