Sensory

A while back I remember reading a bizarre article about a woman who ran a business, The Snuggery where the owner of the business, Jacqueline, provides individuals with private therapeutic (non-sexual) snuggling sessions that are meant to have many psychological and physical health benefits. In the article it explained how simple affectionate touch and physical contact with others can have a positive effect on our physical and mental health by decreasing anxiety, stress, and depression, while…

Mother to Son The poem “Mother to Son” written by Langston Hughes and published in 1922 is a very inspiring poem of a mother speaking to her son about not giving up. The mother speaks about life’s hardships and encourages her son to keep going and to not give up. There are many different words and phrases that the mother uses to symbolize certain parts of her life and specific things she has gone through during her life. I really like this poem because of the love and wisdom this mother is…

Poetry is like a painting in words. There are many different ways to you could go in poetry. Reader of poetry regularly carry with them many related suppositions. That a poem is to be perused for its message. That this message is covered up in the sonnet. The message is to be found by regarding the words as images which normally don 't mean what they say yet remain for something else, you need to decode each and every word to acknowledge and appreciate the poem. There are no simple approaches to…

Rhetorical Essay “Capturing Angelic Glistening Sensuality: Glow by J.Lo” and“Glowing by JLo” The advertisements being analyzed appeal to the superficial side of women. The majority of women would prefer to be seen as angelic and sensual beings. Women feel more attractive and develop a higher self-esteem when they feel as though they smell sexy. JLo’s company realizes these facts and directs both ads toward that particular audience of women. “Glow” and “Glowing” both use photos that are…

Many people believe that human reality and experiences are the direct outcome of people’s senses and people’s reality and personal experiences are created that base on the reactions with surrounding’s stimulates. However, the production of people’s reality and personal experiences is a very complicated process, the surrounding’s stimulates are just part of it. In “The Mind’s Eye: What The Blind See” Oliver Sacks talks about the different characteristics that the blind people have and he points…

Darkness the Vampire’s Double: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla Darkness in Le Fanu's Carmilla serves as its own monster since it is a representation of negativity, mystery, and fear. Darkness like the vampire creates an unsettling sensation for the narrative because it allows the uncanny to manifest and generate feelings of uncertainty and terror. For the main protagonist Laura, the overwhelming experience of darkness places the character in a state of distress which creates problems for…

“My Papa’s Waltz” Imagery The poem “My Papa’s Waltz” the author Theodore Roethke talks about his small boy and the relationship he has with his father who is considered drunk or incapable of walking straight, so the boy helps his father. The poem is told from the perspective of the small boy as he addresses his father’s awkward walk since he is considered intoxicated. The relationship they share is expressed by the use of imagery in the poem to show the audience the father’s drunk behaviors and…

WHAT SENSE WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO LOSE IF YOU HAD TO LOSE ONE? WHICH SENSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE MUCH STRONGER? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWERS. Of course I would not want to lose any of my senses, but if I had the choice of which one to lose I would pick the sense of smell. There are so many beautiful things in the world to see and hear, that I would not want to lose the ability to do so. The loss of smell can be partial (hyposmia) or (anosmia) which is complete loss (Mayo Clinic, 2017). There are many…

How does sight and hearing affect your reaction time? Introduction/Background: Many researchers have confirmed that the reaction time for sound is faster than reaction time for sight. Average reaction times for hearing being 140-160 milliseconds and a visual reaction time being 180-200 milliseconds. (Galton, 1899; Woodworth and Schlosberg, 1954). This is because an auditory stimulus only takes 8-10 milliseconds to reach the brain (Kemp et al., 1973) whilst a visual stimulus takes 20-40…

Role of the Brain, Nervous System, & Sensory Systems In humans, the nervous system is the area in which the body processes and sends messages. It is a complicated system that gathers sensory information from the entire body, replies to changes in the body, evaluates request information, begins and implements all bodily activity, and preserves “homeostasis” in the body. An organism nervous system is separated into two systems: the “central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system…