Human senses. [Episode 4], "Touch" / produced & directed by Nigel Paterson ; a BBC/Discovery Channel co-production.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Paterson, Nigel, director, producer.

Marven, Nigel, speaker.

BBC Worldwide Learning, film distributor.

British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

Discovery Channel (Firm), production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Touch.

Pain.

Genre:

Educational television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (29 minutes)

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2003.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

This sensory romp around the globe goes in search of the biological roots of our senses to uncover the reasons why particular sights, sounds, smells and tastes have such powerful effects on us. How do we manage to block out intense pain? How does our sense of balance keep working under the most extreme conditions? Live action combined with special effects creates incredible imagery to convey the 'feeling' of how our senses work. As an alarm bell goes off, we 'see' the noise, slowed down thousands of times. Ripples of sound roll towards us; we spin around and follow a sound wave as it travels into the dark outer ear canal. Humans are very sensitive to touch, but different parts of our body have different sensitivities. Nigel demonstrates that when it comes to our sense of touch, humans are similar to elephants.

Participant:

Presenter: Nigel Marven.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed February 26, 2019).

OCLC:

1096474833