VIRTUAL MEDIA, WEEK 6: UNDERSTANDING SENSATION
Similarities in perception can be found throughout the living world. This week, we’ll explore sensory behaviors and reactions to sensational experiences.
Our format each week is as follows:
Short-form videos on Mondays
Podcasts on Wednesdays
Documentaries on Fridays
Monday, April 27, 1-3 PM ET: Innate Sensory Experiences
- Science Magazine: A Spongy Robot Hand with a Sense of Touch [2 minutes]
- Inside NOVA: Change Blindness [5 minutes]
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Smell —Our Most Underestimated Sense [28 minutes]
Wednesday, April 29, 1-3PM ET: Sensational Encounters
- 30 for 30: : On the Ice [42 minutes]
- Natural Disasters: : The Tunguska Event [43 minutes]
- This Week in Science: : Episode 765 – Who Has the Mars Maps? Be sure to check out the segment on Human Magnetoreception at 1:34:25. [1 hour 55 minutes]
Friday, May 1, 1-3 PM ET: Reactions to Sensory Overload
- National Geographic: Light Pollution 101 [3 minutes]
- Float Nation [1 hour 3 minutes]