Sensory systems include the parts of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information, including the visual system, auditory system, olfactory system, somatosensory system ...

Researchers discovered that electrical synapses filter sensory signals in animals, enabling context-specific ...

Scientists have taken a major step in understanding how animal brains make decisions, revealing a crucial role for electrical synapses in 'filtering' sensory information. The new research demonstrates ...

A new study reveals how electrical synapses help animals, including worms, filter sensory inputs and make context-appropriate ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Plasticity in Sensory-Motor Systems ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 213 No. 5 (November 1965), p. 84 doi:10.1038 ...

Octopus arms move with incredible dexterity, bending, twisting, and curling with nearly infinite degrees of freedom. New ...

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have uncovered a surprising truth about the speed of human thought: our ...

Your nervous system is made up of two main parts: the brain and the spinal cord, which combine to form the central nervous system; and the sensory and motor nerves, which form the peripheral nervous ...

A growing literature suggests that declines in sensory/perceptual systems predate cognitive declines in aging, and furthermore, they are highly predictive for developing Alzheimer’s disease and ...

elegans allowed scientists to visualize how single cells connect to each other, and how changing these connections alter perception of sensory information and behavior. Illustration by Sarah Emerson ...

The gustatory system is the sensory system responsible for the perception of taste and flavour. In humans, the gustatory system is comprised of taste cells in the mouth (which sense the five taste ...

Overstimulation occurs when our senses are overwhelmed by excessive stimuli such as noise light or emotional stress An expert ...