New research reveals that an area in the brain known as the inferior colliculus plays a critical role in processing both sound and touch in the form of mechanical vibrations to create an augmented ...

Ludwig van Beethoven began to lose his hearing at age 28 and was deaf by age 44. While the cause of his hearing loss remains a topic of scientific debate and ongoing revision, one thing is clear: ...

If you were to run the tips of your fingers steadily down one cheek and across your lips to the other cheek, you would sense an assortment of textures (especially if you're male and haven't shaved for ...

The perceived speed of a surface moving across the skin depends on texture, with some textures fooling us into thinking that an object is moving faster than it is, according to a study published ...

...mean bump detection threshold for patients with ... neuropathy was significantly higher than in healthy controls... Researchers at the University of Minnesota, USA have developed a simple device ...