Senses

Errors and disasters: the perfect storm

Peter Moleman08/02/2021Articles, Brain development, Senses1 Comment

Errors and disasters do not come about by one causal factor. There is always a chain of unpredictable events. This also poses a problem for scientists. They do not know the law of conservation of misery.

Seeing with your mind’s eye: not for everyone

Peter Moleman05/11/2020Articles, Senses, The world within your head2 Comments

I have misplaced my iPhone. I search for it with my mind’s eye. In thoughts I trace my route through the house. Some people, such as Oliver Sacks, lack a mind’s eye. This is called aphantasia. At the other extreme are people with a super mind’s eye.

You look with your eyes, but see with your brain.

Peter Moleman28/06/2019Articles, SensesLeave a Comment

Je kijkt met je ogen, maar ziet met je hersenen. Peter Moleman

Are you sure you see the reality out there? That is the question. The brain does not receive an image like a camera does. The brain is not a passive processor. What you see is constructed in the brain. How do you see with your brain?

Can you smell it too?

Peter Moleman10/01/2019Articles, SensesLeave a Comment

Our olfactory organ is quite exceptional. What you are capable of smelling can change within a few months as a result of changes within your nose. And a smell apparent to one person may be completely undetectable to another.

What is colour? How blue can look white…

Peter Moleman15/02/2018Articles, SensesLeave a Comment

Wat is kleur: kan blauw wit lijken? | Peter Moleman

How do we see colour? Can white look blue and vice versa? And does it matter which word you use for a colour?