Special Senses

Haptics , the Secret Senses ; the covert nature of the haptic senses in creative tacit skills

A group of renowned highly skilled artists were interviewed with regard to day-to-day sensory engagement. Their observations are discussed together with the part played by the senses in skilled manual processes, particularly those that include a significant creative element. Their personal evaluation of the relative importance of these various senses in specific processes is presented and tabul...

Evolution of the special senses in primates: past, present, and future.

The present special issue of The Anatomical Record is the result of a symposium entitled Evolution of the Special Senses in Primates. Considered together, the special senses of primates are remarkable because they constitute a singular and definitive suite of mammalian characteristics. Examining their evolution is pivotal for understanding the origin and present-day variation of primate behavio...

For speech perception by humans or machines, three senses are better than one

A growing assemblage of researchers has, in recent years, adopted methods and theories that acknowledge and exploit the multisensory nature of speech perception. This paper, which is an introduction to the special session, “The Senses of Speech Perception,” gives a brief historical review of research concerning the multiple senses of speech perception, discusses major issues, and suggests direc...

Physiology of the Central Nervous System and Special Senses

The annotation of preposition senses in German

It seems to be common wisdom that prepositions (especially simple prepositions) are highly polysemous. Preposition senses seem to be well explored, as there exists plenty of literature on prepositions and their interpretations. On a closer inspection, however, it turns out that we are far away from a well-structured understanding of preposition senses. There is mutual consent about simple prepo...

Recent concepts about sense of smell, odorant receptors and physiology of olfaction- an insight

The sense of olfaction reached its zenith in development much earlier than other special senses. Olfaction is much more acute than the other senses, exhibits both high sensitivity for odours and high discrimination between them. This plays a very important role even in the social and behavioral aspects of human beings. Recent studies using molecular genetics, electrophysiology and behavioral an...