Whenever we touch, hear or see something, our brain processes these stimuli. It also processes inputs from within the body.
These processes allow us to interpret the world around us, control our own internal environment and are critical to our survival.
A team from the Neuroscience Institute led by Professor Fiona Boissonade collaborated with creative partners Diva Creative.
The resulting animation shows how this processing happens and highlights how abnormal sensory processing leads to altered sensory function.
A hearing test allows you to test your own hearing, while a hearing loss simulator demonstrates what it’s like to experience hearing loss and how it changes how music sounds.
Did you know that your fingertips can easily tell if two objects are touching your skin, rather than one, but your back can’t always tell the difference?
Our test shows how different parts of the body have different sensory capabilities and our human homunculus (an amusing-looking representation of our sensory systems) demonstrates why these differences occur.
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