Can we create new senses for humans? | David Eagleman
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Can we create new senses for humans? | David Eagleman
Finding a more useful umwelt
Add up all the senses you use and the things you notice: that’s your umwelt.
It’s pretty obvious that your dog has a different one than you do. They see fewer colors and smell far more intelligently. Sea slugs see a much wider range of colors, and bats can sense vibrations.
Among humans, we each have our own umwelt. Payi... See more
Add up all the senses you use and the things you notice: that’s your umwelt.
It’s pretty obvious that your dog has a different one than you do. They see fewer colors and smell far more intelligently. Sea slugs see a much wider range of colors, and bats can sense vibrations.
Among humans, we each have our own umwelt. Payi... See more
Finding a more useful umwelt
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simple connection of sensory nerves from the periphery to our spinal cord and then upward through the various layers of the skull-encased brain allows signals from the outer world to reach the cortex, where we can become aware of them. This input comes to us via the five senses that permit us to perceive the outer physical world.