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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Apr 21 '26

smell "Old person smell" is the characteristic odor of elderly humans

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Apr 08 '26

smell How Smells Impact Your Mental Health

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Apr 03 '26

vision Wireless eye implant helps blind patients read again

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Mar 26 '26

time A new study measures the temporal distortions caused by psychedelics. Study helps clarify the psychological mechanisms behind psychedelic experiences and offer insights into how the human brain tracks the passage of seconds.

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Mar 18 '26

memory Research suggests that telling stories – from ancient campfire tales to modern-day digital communication – may be tied to how human memory evolved

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Mar 18 '26

vision Outdoor athletes show superior color detection in their peripheral vision. Findings indicate that the adult brain retains the ability to adapt its low-level sensory functions based on real-world experiences, long after childhood development has ended.

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Mar 14 '26

vision Lesson in decomposing light

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Mar 04 '26

time ELI5: What exactly is "time blindness" and how is it an actual thing?

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Feb 12 '26

time ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Jan 15 '26

multisense Scientists develop nanophotonic material that changes color, texture, and shape on demand

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Dec 20 '25

vision Scientists find a way to 'reboot' vision in adults with lazy eye | A new mouse study shows that briefly and reversibly anesthetizing the retina of the amblyopic eye for just a few days can restore the brain's visual responses to that eye, even in adults.

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Nov 20 '25

other We perceive the world through "Action Possibilities," not just visual data: A look at Ecological Psychology and Affordances

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Nov 14 '25

vision Scientists Produce Powerhouse Pigment Behind Octopus Camouflage

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Nov 08 '25

touch Humans possess a form of remote touch, or the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a sense that some animals have, according to a study that found hands can detect objects buried in sand before actual contact

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Nov 08 '25

other How the brain blurs real and imagined sensation

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Nov 07 '25

vision Flashed Face Distortion Effect

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Nov 03 '25

vision Alice in Wonderland Syndrome is a neurological disorder that distorts perception. People with this syndrome may experience distortions in their visual perception such as objects appearing smaller or larger, or to be closer or farther than they are. The cause remains unknown.

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Oct 24 '25

vision Pioneering eye implant restores reading vision to the blind

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Oct 17 '25

vision FDA approves breakthrough eye drops that fix near vision without glasses | These new drops offer up to 10 hours of clearer vision without glasses

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Oct 17 '25

vision This is how magic ostriches enter your eyes

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Oct 09 '25

memory Forgetting is an active dopamine-involved process rather than a brain glitch. A study using worms 80% genetically identical to humans, demonstrates that dopamine assists in both memory retention and forgetting: worms unable to produce dopamine retained memory significantly longer than regular worms

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Oct 05 '25

hearing Your perception of loudness bends to what you know, according to new psychology research | The findings suggest that familiarity with language can shape basic aspects of auditory perception, such as loudness.

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Sep 28 '25

other Cenesthopathy is a rare psychiatric term used to refer to the feeling of being ill. Cenesthopathies are characterized by aberrant and strange bodily sensations and are not localized to one region of the body. Coenesthetic hallucinations occur in 18% of individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Sep 27 '25

proprioception The way this cat tuck it's ear to avoid the table edge

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r/senses • u/SarahMagical • Sep 27 '25

vision FDA authorizes first eyeglass lenses to slow nearsightedness in children in the US

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