The noise in a classroom, bright lighting, a rough-textured piece of clothing, or food with an unusual texture can make everyday life exhausting for someone with sensory sensitivity. Researchers at ...

Sensory systems provide information from outside the animal that, when integrated, shape behavior. Internal senses, such as hunger or fear, affect behavioral priorities. Motivation describes how ...

When the sensory receptors in the nervous system malfunction, as they’re theorized to do in SPD, common stimuli like lights, noises, and textures may be perceived as too bright, too loud ...

Karl Koehler builds inner ear and skin organoids from human stem cells to model their development in health and disease.

The primary mission of the WSBC is to foster and conduct high-quality scientific research that advances the understanding of our sensory systems and disorders related to them. A major role of the ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Plasticity in Sensory-Motor Systems ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 213 No. 5 (November 1965), p. 84 doi:10.1038 ...

Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the ...

"They rely on these specialised environmental sensory systems to make decisions vital for their survival." "The GCS builds on ...