The Five Senses

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

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🗓️ 20 July 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The five senses shape all our experience, but we still don't fully understand them. This episode, TED speakers explore how our brains make sense of sensation, and how our minds manufacture "reality." Guests include astronomer Wanda Diaz Merced, geneticist Nicole Garneau, author Isaac Lidsky, zoologist Tristram Wyatt and neuroscientist David Linden. (Original broadcast date: January 20, 2017.)

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Guy here. So have you ever wondered how much things like sight, sound, scent, taste, and touch influence our perceptions of the world around us?
0:10.0	Well, today's show is called The Five Senses and it explores some of the ways our senses help construct our reality.
0:18.0	And this episode originally aired in January of 2017.
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0:40.0	It's a gift of the human imagination.
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0:59.0	I'm Guy Ross.
1:00.0	And on the show today, ideas about the Five Senses.
1:04.0	Smell, touch, taste, sight, and sound.
1:08.0	And though we might think our senses help us experience reality as it is, most of the signals they send are personal and highly subjective.
1:18.0	And it means the way each of us perceives the world around us is unique.
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