A list with comprehensive and research-backed non fiction literature exploring the five senses : vision or sight, audition or hearing, somatosensation or touch, olfaction or smell and gustation or taste.
created by fuchssy
last updated June, 2026
Touch: The Science of the Sense that Makes Us Human by David J. Linden (2016-02-11)
David J. Linden
The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell
Rachel Herz
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
Avery Gilbert
The Universal Sense: How Hearing Shapes the Mind
Seth S. Horowitz
Touch: The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind
Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing
Margaret S. Livingstone
Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters
Gordon M. Shepherd
Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World
Nina Kraus
See What I'm Saying: The Extraordinary Powers of Our Five Senses
Lawrence D. Rosenblum
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong
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