Phantom Tastes Smells

The following was in the NY Times. Enjoy. Jeff Nagelbush [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ferris State University If Things Taste Bad, 'Phantoms' May Be at Work By ERICA GOODE Until he bit into a piece of raw cabbage on that February evening in 1997, Dr.

Re: Phantom Tastes Smells

Interestingly (to me at least), about 4 months ago I had my first olfactory hallucination. I left my office, went to the parking lot, and got in my vehicle. I smelled something strong. I never could quite identify it, but it made me think something had curled up and died in the door of my

phantom sensation demos?

Thanks Jeff, for the phantom smell article. I wonder if there are ways to induce phantom sensory experiences for classroom demos. I discuss the power of suggestion, set, and expectation and of course, these can be used to create illusory sensations, but I wonder if there are not other

raging bull

Jose Delgado implanted electrodes in the brain of a bull and using a remote control switch was able to stop the bull from attacking the matador. I read somewhere that this inhibitory aggression was not due to the action of the remote switch but there might have been other factors involved. Will

question from student (Sodium-Potassium Pump)

Tipsters, I had a student ask the following question: Since the nerve is made up of Na and K, if your diet is lacking in these substances will it affect your neurons?? I know that I could just answer yes, but I would also like to give some examples of what happens. Since this is not my

Interesting Social Psych research site

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Re: phantom sensation demos?

On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Gary Peterson wrote: Thanks Jeff, for the phantom smell article. I wonder if there are ways to induce phantom sensory experiences for classroom demos snip I also appreciated Jeff's posting. In answer to the question, while hardly suitable for classroom demonstration,

Re: question from student (Sodium-Potassium Pump)

On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Jennifer Trich Kremer wrote: Tipsters, I had a student ask the following question: "Since the nerve is made up of Na and K, if your diet is lacking in these substances will it affect your neurons??" I know that I could just answer yes, but I would also like to give

Re: Phantom Tastes Smells

Jeffrey - Very interesting NY Times article! When was it published? I sometimes like to share such reading with my students, but like to make my copies directly from the source, so I can identify it with the newspaper header, etc... - Judith Roberts City College of San Francisco

Re: Phantom Tastes Smells

Judith A. Roberts wrote: Jeffrey - Very interesting NY Times article! When was it published? I sometimes like to share such reading with my students, but like to make my copies directly from the source, so I can identify it with the newspaper header, etc... - Judith Roberts City College of