Figure 5: A model of sensory transduction in vomeronasal neurons. How is information about sex, social dominance and individual identity represented by the signalling from the VNO to the brain?

The project will study the structure and function of temperature-sensitive proteins in animals adapted to different thermal ...

To effectively adapt to change, living organisms rely on their ability to rapidly detect and process sensory information in ...

This module covers the adult function and functional development of the auditory system, including sensory transduction and information processing. It will focus primarily on the periphery but will ...

Sensory processing disorder—also known as SPD or sensory integration disorder—is a term describing a collection of challenges that occur when the senses fail to respond properly to the outside ...

Sensory play is any activity that stimulates at least one of your child’s senses. This could be hearing, sight, touch, smell or taste. It also includes play that involves movement or balance ...

Babies can attend baby sensory classes from birth. In a formal class setting your baby will be put in an age specific class that will take account of your baby’s stage of development. If you're ...

Sensory memory holds on to perceptual information for a very brief moment—details of what people see, hear, and otherwise sense that they may either pay attention to (and remember for longer ...

This manuscript presents a valuable minimal model of habituation which is quantified by information theoretic measures. The results here could be of use in interpreting habituation behavior in a range ...

If they’re particularly fussy, you might be starting to consider whether your child has a sensory issue. “For example, you might have your shower boiling hot, I might have mine cold.

However, these behaviours do not necessarily mean that a child is simply spoiled, rude or hyperactive – they may, in fact, have issues processing sensory information, meaning their brains ...