Olfaction

Sense of Place My family’s van driving into an isolated Hispanic village taking in a deep breath of nature at its purest. Surrounded by big green trees, we passed a mini mart as we made a turn to the village. As the drive continues the refreshing smell of nature entices my sense of smell. Approaching my grandfather 's home, the excitement begins to build up. When we arrived, we jumped out of the van and took a big deep breath of fresh air as we ran off relinquishing our excitement. My…

Starting at birth, we discover the world through our senses. As infants we begin to learn to identify our mother through her smell and the sound of her voice. During our growth, our five senses continue to play a major role in our development. What we hear, smell, see, touch, and taste help us form schemas and assimilate new information. What organs are responsible for this? How do they work? Our eyes are made up of eleven essential parts which work to together and allow us to see the world.…

The changes which happen within a child’s first few years of development are truly astonishing. Caregivers as well as professionals have noted this in children’s development when they do the most basic things, like touch, taste, smelling and even hearing. During this age the child starts to socialize and becomes cooperative with many other children when they are interacting together, while at the same time defining who they are themselves. They begin to acquire many important skills that assist…

In the world today, a vast majority of American 's are faced with the task of living without one or more of the senses that some may deem "essential". But, should we really refer to it as a task? Are these Americans really living any less than we are without a sense? It 's not like they know what it is like to live without that sense; they don 't know any different. While some may say that it is a task, and their lives must be terrible to not know and understand what it is like to see, or hear,…

Humans are endowed with an astounding sensory system. The human body, in addition to the amazing functions that it performs to keep itself alive, has an incomprehensible system for gathering and processing its environment. The five senses, taste, smell, touch, sight, and hearing, all contribute greatly to the way we perceive the world around us. Our ability to sense our surrounding is a major part of what sets us apart from inanimate objects such as rocks. Lacking all of your senses puts you in…

The Sense You Could Live Without The five senses: taste, smell, touch, sound, and sight, are the things that make life worth living. They are what illuminate and diversify life. Sight is a truly remarkable sense, as is hearing. These two senses allow you to be aware of everything that is going on around you. The sense of touch allows you to be able to describe your surroundings. Words like soft, rough, smooth, hard, etc., would be nonexistent without the sense of touch. The sense of…

In the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks, the author describes odd psychological phenomenons in which he’s had personal experience with. Sacks describes multiple patients with lack, in the first part of his book, and patients with abundances, in the second part of the book, and transfer, in the third part of his book, of physiological features or abilities. The first of the studies in this book that were found the most interesting is the inspiration of the title. Dr. P…

Imagine a place where everywhere you look, you see beauty, everywhere you smell is crisp fresh air. Everywhere surrounding you are ginormous mountains with snow slowly melting and one huge blue body of water. There are trees all over the place, and everywhere you look you see nature and all of God’s creations. This fascinating place is Lake Tahoe, in Nevada. Lake Tahoe is absolutely one of the most gorgeous places I have ever been. I have traveled there many times since I was a little kid till…

A Special Place: Universal Studios After an extensive, torturous drive, Ethan finally arrived at his destination. He parked his large, black truck in the massive, congested parking garage and began pacing to get to where he was going. The moving walkways were packed like sardines with other people trying to get to the same place he was going. Once he sees the monument that is decorated like the planet Earth with the exterior spinning the words “Universal Studios” he knows he has made it. He…

Only few events in one person’s life change how they see the world with their senses. The trip I made to Anna Maria Island last summer was one of these moments. The multiple sights, smells, tastes, and the sound and feel of the beach give you a whole new sense of the world around you. It tells you about the people who live there, what they eat, what they do in their free time, and so much more. Our five senses opens us up to so many different things that impact our lives, and my trip to Anna…