Extra sensory perception

The refutation of any extra-sensory perception in Vedānta Deśika: a philosophical appraisal of Seśvaramīmāṃsā ad

Sensory Perception: Lessons from Synesthesia

Synesthesia, the conscious, idiosyncratic, repeatable, and involuntary sensation of one sensory modality in response to another, is a condition that has puzzled both researchers and philosophers for centuries. Much time has been spent proving the condition's existence as well as investigating its etiology, but what can be learned from synesthesia remains a poorly discussed topic. Here, synaesth...

Dendritic Spikes in Sensory Perception

What is the function of dendritic spikes? One might argue that they provide conditions for neuronal plasticity or that they are essential for neural computation. However, despite a long history of dendritic research, the physiological relevance of dendritic spikes in brain function remains unknown. This could stem from the fact that most studies on dendrites have been performed in vitro. Fortun...

Sensory adaptation for timing perception

Recent sensory experience modifies subjective timing perception. For example, when visual events repeatedly lead auditory events, such as when the sound and video tracks of a movie are out of sync, subsequent vision-leads-audio presentations are reported as more simultaneous. This phenomenon could provide insights into the fundamental problem of how timing is represented in the brain, but the u...

super sensory perception and the glorious quran

research on the “super sensory perception” has acquired a share in the ongoing study in the branches of psychology and experiential sciences for the two recent centuries. novel results have been achieved as to the possibility and the course of formation of such perceptions. having assumed an analytical-documentary approach making use of library books, this paper goes to deal with the issue in t...