The second article in a series looking at the human senses explores vision by examining eye anatomy and physiology, as well as the visual pathway. This is a Self-assessment article and comes with a ...

A sensory system is a part of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information. A sensory system consists of sensory receptors, neural pathways, and parts of the brain involved in ...

Most insects have dedicated sensory systems to detect water vapor in the air, but little has been known about how they work. Now researchers are the first to discover a sensory system that directly ...

A diagram of the taste and related olfactory, somatosensory and visual pathways in primates is shown in Figure 1. The multimodal convergence that enables single neurons to respond to different ...

(a) Mechanism for the feel of softness by a human fingertip. (b) Structure of the indentor. The two sensors are integrated on the sphere surface. (c) Multi-segment displacement control of the indentor ...

Difficulty concentrating. Unable to sit still. Won’t listen. This may sound like typical toddler behaviour, but occasionally, it might indicate something more serious. We talk to Hannah ...