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Super Senses : The Science of Your 32 Senses and How to Use Them / Young, Emma.

By: Publisher: London, UK : John Murray, 2021Description: 376 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781473690752
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 152.1 23 Y68
Contents:
Introduction -- Part one. Aristotle's five senses -- 1. Sight: our most dominant -- but fallible -- sense -- 2. Hearing: why 'Dancing Queen' sounds different in Bolivia -- 3. Smell: how to sniff out dangerous people -- and improve your sex life -- 4. Taste: it goes way beyond your mouth -- 5. Touch: how to climb a mountain with your tongue -- Part two. The 'new' senses -- 6. Body mapping: how to be a prima ballerina -- 7. Gravity and whole-body motion: how to be a whirling dervish (without falling over) -- 8. Inner-sensing: go deep-sea diving on a single breath -- 9. Temperature: why cats and dogs make us happy -- 10. Pain: why heartbreak hurts -- 11. Gut feelings: learn to make better decision -- Part three: a symphony of sensing -- 12. A sense of directness: why do I always get lost -- 13. The sex gap: how men and women sense the world differently -- 14. Sensing emotion: how our senses make our emotions -- 15. Feeling sensitive: what being a 'sensitive' person really means -- 16. A sense of change.
Summary: "How do you sniff out danger? What is a sense of direction or a gut instinct? You know about your five senses: hearing, sight, smell, taste and touch. But recent research has shown that we actually have at least thirty-two. We take our senses for granted but what would be possible if we properly understood how they all work? Award-winning science writer Emma Young has spent over a decade finding out, and in Super Senses she takes us on an exhilarating sensory journey, revealing how we taste things without using our tongues, why swearing is good for us and why both chocolate and rollercoasters can help you fall in love. Using the very latest cutting-edge research, she explains the exploits of record-breaking freedivers, whirling dervishes, super-tasters, stock market millionaires, and many more. Discover how touch can ease pain, how taking your pulse can make you fitter and why Abba's Dancing Queen sounds different in Bolivia. Sharing surprising secrets from blind ballerinas, voodoo priests and even a nurse who can smell Parkinson's disease before it is diagnosed, Super Senses uncovers the science behind these abilities that make us human - and offers fascinating lessons in how we can all learn to use them better. Could being more sensitive make us happier, healthier - or even wealthier?"--Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part one. Aristotle's five senses -- 1. Sight: our most dominant -- but fallible -- sense -- 2. Hearing: why 'Dancing Queen' sounds different in Bolivia -- 3. Smell: how to sniff out dangerous people -- and improve your sex life -- 4. Taste: it goes way beyond your mouth -- 5. Touch: how to climb a mountain with your tongue -- Part two. The 'new' senses -- 6. Body mapping: how to be a prima ballerina -- 7. Gravity and whole-body motion: how to be a whirling dervish (without falling over) -- 8. Inner-sensing: go deep-sea diving on a single breath -- 9. Temperature: why cats and dogs make us happy -- 10. Pain: why heartbreak hurts -- 11. Gut feelings: learn to make better decision -- Part three: a symphony of sensing -- 12. A sense of directness: why do I always get lost -- 13. The sex gap: how men and women sense the world differently -- 14. Sensing emotion: how our senses make our emotions -- 15. Feeling sensitive: what being a 'sensitive' person really means -- 16. A sense of change.

"How do you sniff out danger? What is a sense of direction or a gut instinct? You know about your five senses: hearing, sight, smell, taste and touch. But recent research has shown that we actually have at least thirty-two. We take our senses for granted but what would be possible if we properly understood how they all work? Award-winning science writer Emma Young has spent over a decade finding out, and in Super Senses she takes us on an exhilarating sensory journey, revealing how we taste things without using our tongues, why swearing is good for us and why both chocolate and rollercoasters can help you fall in love. Using the very latest cutting-edge research, she explains the exploits of record-breaking freedivers, whirling dervishes, super-tasters, stock market millionaires, and many more. Discover how touch can ease pain, how taking your pulse can make you fitter and why Abba's Dancing Queen sounds different in Bolivia. Sharing surprising secrets from blind ballerinas, voodoo priests and even a nurse who can smell Parkinson's disease before it is diagnosed, Super Senses uncovers the science behind these abilities that make us human - and offers fascinating lessons in how we can all learn to use them better. Could being more sensitive make us happier, healthier - or even wealthier?"--Publisher's description.