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Episode 5 Preview | Sense
S1 E5 - 30s
Dive into the stories of a pairs figure skating team, a perfumer, a cave explorer and a musician to decipher how different ways of sensing the world all create their own vivid and unique picture.
The Human Body's Five Senses
S1 E5 - 1m 31s
An introduction into the amazing functions of the human body's five senses. Our bodies are constantly absorbing different kinds of information from the outside world. Sights, sounds, smells, tastes, feelings. Inside the body all of these things are pieced together to create our individual reality.
Proprioception - The Sixth Sense
S1 E5 - 2m 46s
It doesn't usually make the list of the five most important human senses, but proprioception is fundamental. It's our sense of where our bodies exist in space. We can feel where our hand is or where our feet are without looking at them. And we can move them accordingly because of that innate sense.
Our Sense of Smell
S1 E5 - 1m 2s
The experience of smell starts when air molecules meet tiny little hairs in our nasal cavity. These hairs are called cilia, and they trap the incoming fumes so they can be processed.
The Adaptive Quality of Our Senses
S1 E5 - 2m 53s
When we lose one of our senses, the loss isn't something the body can't handle. It just means that the brain has to figure out a new way of filling the void left by the information that's no longer there. Our bodies are actually incredibly adaptable when it comes to compensating for missing sensation.
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