Sensation is dealing with the processing of the senses, including the traditional senses vision, hearing, taste, smell and touch, but also sense experiences such as vestibular and pain. It typically involves the higher-level cortical brain areas associated with the conscious experience of physical stimuli.
Questions tagged [sensation]
126 questions
12
votes
3 answers
Why do I smell flowers after sneezing?
Often when I sneeze, I smell flowers for a few seconds afterwards.
I've done some searching on the internet, and apparently it's something that is at least not entirely uncommon, although the exact smell description seems to differ. It's sometimes…
Thorarin
- 221
- 1
- 2
- 5
2
votes
1 answer
How do we feel sensations from a tooth surface that is made up of enamel?
If enamel does not have any sensory receptors, how do we feel the tactile sensations when we touch our teeth with an object/finger nail?
Serotonin
- 502
- 1
- 4
- 14
2
votes
0 answers
What digitally encoded smell formats exist?
Is there a defacto format for storing and transmitting smell digitally? Where can I obtain samples of such smell encodings? What reference dataset exists against which I can compare my smell sample to determine it might be the scent of an 'orange'…
Craig
- 121
- 1