https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-senses--7545651enScienceCopyright Turner Lhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e280feafe18295e7cb10619fdd442517.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-senses--7545651Sat, 14 Nov 2026 05:15:24 +0000Turner LTurner Lfeeds@spreaker.comHow we see, hear, smell, and taste — the science of the senses, one sense at a time.falsed7f0c529-6096-583e-ab03-a20772937306episodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hand-that-wasn-t-yours--76334674https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76334674Sun, 15 Nov 2026 05:00:03 +0000Turner LThe Hand That Wasn't Yours — The Senses. Stroke a rubber hand in time with your hidden real hand, and your brain adopts the rubber as its own. Touch is four senses in one, and your body is a model your brain maintains, not a solid fact. This episode...535brain,neuroscience,rubber hand illusion,science,senses,touchfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/some-tongues-taste-in-neon--76334671https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76334671Sat, 14 Nov 2026 05:00:03 +0000Turner LSome Tongues Taste in Neon — The Senses. Why does the same salad taste punishingly bitter to one person and pleasant to another? The answer is in your genes, the density of taste buds on your tongue, and a nose that does most of the tasting in secret....550flavour,neuroscience,science,senses,supertaster,tastefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sound-your-brain-invents--76291898https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76291898Fri, 13 Nov 2026 05:00:02 +0000Turner LYour brain does not just hear speech, it guesses it. This episode follows predictive coding through the McGurk effect from 1976 and Warren's phonemic restoration experiment from 1970, showing how context fills in sounds that were never there, and why...268brain,colour,curiosity,documentary,education,experiments,explained,hearing,human body,mind,neuroscience,perception,psychology,science,senses,smellfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/colour-is-not-in-the-object--76291897https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76291897Thu, 12 Nov 2026 05:00:03 +0000Turner LThe Dress looked blue and black to some people and white and gold to others, and neither side was lying. This episode explains trichromatic cones and colour constancy, how the brain discounts the light and compares surfaces, and why colour is...271brain,colour,curiosity,documentary,education,experiments,explained,hearing,human body,mind,neuroscience,perception,psychology,science,senses,smellfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-we-lose-smell-first--76291896https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76291896Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:00:04 +0000Turner LSmell fades earlier than most people expect, and it is not just a stuffy nose. This episode traces why olfactory neurons regenerate more slowly with age, from thinning epithelium to a shrinking olfactory bulb, and why about half of people aged 65 to...290brain,colour,curiosity,documentary,education,experiments,explained,hearing,human body,mind,neuroscience,perception,psychology,science,senses,smellfalsefull