Listen "Futureproof Extra: Beyond Our Five Senses"
Episode Synopsis
Our senses are at the heart of how we navigate the world - coalescing in any moment, in any combination, to varying degrees, to relay what is going on around us and within us.
But when you stop to think about the level of complexity involved in making sense of all of this in your brain - it really is quite astonishing.
That being said, are we guilty of doing our senses a disservice by reducing their scope to just five?
Is there more to it than just smell, sight, taste, touch, and hearing? If so, what are the other ways we sense the world and what function do they serve?
Ashley Ward is a professor in Animal Behaviour at the University of Sydney & author of ‘Sensational: A New Story of Our Senses’ - he joins Jonathan to discuss.
But when you stop to think about the level of complexity involved in making sense of all of this in your brain - it really is quite astonishing.
That being said, are we guilty of doing our senses a disservice by reducing their scope to just five?
Is there more to it than just smell, sight, taste, touch, and hearing? If so, what are the other ways we sense the world and what function do they serve?
Ashley Ward is a professor in Animal Behaviour at the University of Sydney & author of ‘Sensational: A New Story of Our Senses’ - he joins Jonathan to discuss.
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