A set of experiments reveals that humans' just be perceiving the minute displacements caused in sand can detect an object ...

Scientists are reframing what it means to “feel” the world, revealing that our fingertips host a subtle sense that lets us ...

The complexity, and importance, of our sense of touch is huge. Just think about reaching out for a piece of fruit on the table – you need touch to know when your fingers have reached, you need to ...

Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some ...

Two young patients with a rare condition have helped scientists unlock a better understanding of our sense of touch and what researchers call our “sixth sense” – our physical awareness of our place in ...

Thought experiment: What would life be like if you did not have a sense of touch? Our skin is our largest sense organ, constituting 16 to 18 percent of adult body weight, and we rely on it heavily in ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago, the University of Birmingham, and Bournemouth University have uncovered evidence that physical embodiment can occur without the sense of touch, thanks to a ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence that physical embodiment can occur without the sense of touch, thanks to a study involving two participants who lack the ability to feel touch. Researchers at the ...