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sensory

[sen-suh-ree] / ˈsɛn sə ri /


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Occasionally my therapist would have a delicious-smelling soup on simmer in another part of the house — not a design choice, but a pleasant sensory experience in the background.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Cognitive scientists have investigated whether the brain itself is Bayesian—a probabilistic inference engine, perpetually recalibrating, merging incoming sensory data with past experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The government wants to achieve this by making schools more inclusive - such as by having more sensory spaces and earlier access to specialists like speech and language therapists.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Gallio and his team found that a key sensory protein involved in detecting harmful stimuli is much less responsive in snow flies than in other insects.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Psychiatrist Dr. Jay Shurley felt those tests were inadequate to test for true sensory deprivation.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson




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