Still officially 5 more weeks of #SummerReading! Check out the @MonellSc science and scientists in Super Senses by @EmmaELYoung. Monellians mentioned: @JLand52, Beverly Cowart, & Bob Margolskee. Learn all about the the science of 32 (yes, 32, not 5) senses.
Tonight from 6.30pm 📻
🔸 Science Cafe: Our 32 Super Senses
Adam Walton learns more about our senses, joined by @EmmaELYoung whose latest book reveals we are far more sensitive than we are led to believe...
https://t.co/Bc7jf0Ly11
Our next event "Don't be fooled: going beyond face value in #psychology" is next Tuesday, May 4 at 6pm. It will be fascinating, so sign up here: https://t.co/0Ldhuwx5oo #reproducibility 😑
Strategies to encourage people to exercise have underestimated the importance of in-the-moment motivational states, a new study argues
https://t.co/LX6k8YX1YQ
How to train your senses
"Aristotle’s desperately outdated five sense model may still be popular, but it vastly under-estimates our extraordinary human capacity for sensing..." @EmmaELYoung
https://t.co/xPbMbg2Q1y
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Super Senses
Sharing secrets from blind ballerinas, voodoo priests and a nurse who can smell Parkinson's disease, @EmmaELYoung's newest book uncovers the science behind these abilities that make us human - and offers lessons in how we can use them better.
Happy pub day to the most vibrant book (and jacket) of 2021 so far: SUPER SENSES! Congrats @EmmaELYoung 🎉 Full of amazing stories, and experiments you can try at home, this book will change the way you see (and feel/taste/hear etc etc) the world 😍 @johnmurrays
How to train your senses…
@EmmaELYoung digests the research.
https://t.co/s1CVxb2fxF
See also Emma's new book Super Senses @johnmurrays https://t.co/7VVwaSaIKS