Breaking Down the Senses

SIGHT

For sight, I learned that our brain a lot of times doesn't process or can't "really" see what is going on in front of us. If you put something a certain way, it will look completely different than if it was put a different way. For example, there was a Ted talk with the guy who performed all these optical illusions on the audience. It's weird to think about because what if the things I'm seeing isn't really how it looks? That could mess up someone's whole perception of the world. I also learned that what we find attractive is actually vaguely similar. The science of attraction videos all showed how our brain worked in finding what is attractive. The one of the faces that were just flipped was very interesting because you would think the people would be able to tell whether their picture was just flipped. I feel like I would be able to tell, but I can't be sure. I really want to say what someone would say about my flipped picture and regular picture. I want to know if I look better in real life or in the mirror. I do think that familiarity is a part of attraction. I also learned that when someone experiences the halo effect, they tend to not really realize how rude or not very angleic someone can be later. That explains a lot. It could explain why someone would stay in a bad relationship possibly.

SOUND

The video for sound that I really liked is the one with the group of girls and group of boys who's voices were recorded and analyzed. I learned that boys find a higher voice more attractive in a girl, while girls find lower voices in guys attractive. There are theories of why this is. A man with a lower voice tends to be more buff and bigger. These men could protect more efficiently than some skimpy little boy. In this science of attraction video, the girls were so much better at matching the voices of the boys to the faces. Girls are just smart hahaha just kidding. I also learned that sounds are connected with something usually. It could be unpleasant or pleasant depending on what we connect it with. For example, the school bell would be amazing for students because it means they are free.

SMELL

The science of attraction video on scent was funny because the participants had to smell sweaty shirts which is also kind of disgusting.There is also a video about perfumes. Perfume has been around for a long time. It became huge and was in. Perfumes would bring out emotions, which is almost the point. Perfume is used to attract people. Fragrance should capture the moment and make you think of something. In the BBC video, the man says that we want to smell as far from possible as we normally smell. Fragrances could be connected to good or bad. People's preferances in fragrances is rapidly changing all the time. Perfumes is a huge part. Euw, there is even a scent of a cat's butthole. That's disgusting, I can't even say....

TOUCH

For the sense of touch, there is a video of a Ted talk about why things hurt. When you feel something or something hurts, the thing that touched you or hurt you sends nerve fibers all the way up to your brain. It says that something harmful or dangerous hit you or touched you. The brain tries to comprehend if something like this has happened before. If not, it goes into panic mode because it is unfamiliar and could be harmful. However, if it is something that happens everyday, the brain will let you kow that it is no big deal and not to worry. Pain is to warn you that it is dangerous. This man tries to convince that pain is an illusion. I wonder if you could stop pain if you learn to see through the illusion, just like some can see through optical illusions.

TASTE

There is a video call science bites. I learned that a small change in DNA can change drastically what you taste. They think the ability to taste bitterness comes from ancestry, which is kind of crazy to think about. Also, taste could be connected to how full someone is. So, could you just eat something gross and be full? I thought the miracle berries video was so funny! I don't really get if they actually worked though... Humans have always tried to make food taste good. The tongue has bumps with taste buds that also have taste receptors. The brain has 5 different tastes it can distincualize-- sweet, bitter, umami (savory), sour, and salty.