Touch
Description
It is expressive, intuitive, and complex in its design and function. No sense defines us more than our tactile ability, and yet most of us go through life completely unaware of the myriad ways we depend on and benefit from it. Journeying through the skin, into the subcutaneous world of our sensory receptors, and into the brain, this program explores the amazing capabilities of what many believe is the most crucial interface between the inner self and the outside world. Along the way viewers meet a man who has developed a range of strategies to compensate for the loss of his sense of touch. And what do a race car driver and a surgeon have in common? The answer sheds further light on the uncanny ways in which the human body uses this extraordinary sense.
Runtime
45 min
Series
Subjects
- Brain (487)
- Nervous system (179)
- Senses and sensation (121)
- Perception (111)
- Touch (8)
- Medicine (401)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2008
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