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Sentient : what animals reveal about our senses / Jackie Higgins ; illustrations by Caroline Church.
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9781529030785 (paperback)
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Higgins, Jackie
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Sentient : what animals reveal about our senses / Jackie Higgins ; illustrations by Caroline Church.
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London : Picador, 2021.
©2021
Description
343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
Sentient assembles a menagerie of zoological creatures - from land, air, sea and all four corners of the globe - to understand what it means to be human. Through their eyes, ears, skins, tongues and noses, the furred, finned and feathered reveal how we sense and make sense of the world, as well as the untold scientific revolution stirring in the field of human perception. The harlequin mantis shrimp can throw a punch that can fracture aquarium walls but, more importantly, it has the ability to see a vast range of colours. The ears of the great grey owl have such unparalleled range and sensitivity that they can hear 20 decibels lower than the human ear. The star-nosed mole barely fills a human hand, seldom ventures above ground and poses little threat unless you are an earthworm, but its miraculous nose allows it to catch those worms at astonishing speed - as little as one 120 milliseconds. Each of these extraordinary creatures illustrates the sensory powers that lie dormant within us.
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Human-animal relationships
Perception in animals
Senses and sensation
Perception
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Church, Caroline
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Human-animal relationships
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Perception
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Perception in animals
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Senses and sensation
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See Also:
Animals
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Animals and civilization
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Man
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Consciousness
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Human information processing
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Intellect
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Knowledge, Theory of
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Perceptual learning
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Senses and sensation
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Sensory stimulation
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Social perception
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Thought and thinking
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Time perception
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Visual perception
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Control (Psychology)
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Hearing
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Knowledge, Theory of
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Neurophysiology
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Pain
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Perception
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Pleasure
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Psychophysiology
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Sensory stimulation
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Sexual excitement
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Smell
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Taste
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Vision
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