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Our Senses

An Immersive Experience

Rob DeSalle Patricia J. Wynne

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English
Yale University
02 February 2018
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.

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Illustrated by:   Patricia J. Wynne
Imprint:   Yale University
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   590g
ISBN:   9780300230192
ISBN 10:   0300230192
Pages:   312
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Rob DeSalle is curator at the American Museum of Natural History, where he has curated or cocurated six highly praised exhibitions and leads a research group in the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics. He is the author or coauthor of fifteen books, including Welcome to the Genome. He lives in New York City.

Reviews for Our Senses: An Immersive Experience

Wonderfully broad-ranging summary of the wide range of sensory systems that exist, and more importantly, how those systems interact in order to give rise to the multisensory experiences that fill our mental lives. -Charles Spence, author of Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating Rob DeSalle's infectious enthusiasm and vast store of knowledge combine to make this book special, describing on a broad canvas each sense and the many different and fascinating facets of life to which they relate. -Gordon M. Shepherd, author of Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters In the laboratory sensory science is serious business. But in the capable hands of Rob DeSalle it becomes fun and compelling for the general reader, and is made all the more accessible by Patricia Wynne's delightful illustrations. -Ian Tattersall, author of The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack and Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution A spirited and engaging introduction to the fascinating world of the senses, from the illuminating perspective of a distinguished evolutionary biologist. -John Carlson, Yale University


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